{"id":136794,"date":"2018-01-26T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T00:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=136794"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:05:00","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-26-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/01\/26\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-26-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 26 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; border_style_all=&#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\">21 November 2017<\/span><\/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<div align=\"center\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM DAVOS, CHAIRS DIALOGUE FOR U.N. 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