{"id":136517,"date":"2018-01-19T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=136517"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:05:23","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-for-general-assembly-president-19-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/01\/19\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-for-general-assembly-president-19-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON &#8211; 19 January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY BRENDEN VARMA,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT <\/strong><strong>MIROSLAV LAJ\u010c\u00c1K <\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta vcard\">\n<p><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"updated\">20 January 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRESIDENT IN ROME TO MEET WITH ADVISORY TEAM &amp; HOLY SEE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The President left Qatar today and arrived in Rome, Italy.<\/li>\n<li>He met today with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See\u2019s Secretary for Relations with States. 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