{"id":159325,"date":"2018-06-05T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=159325"},"modified":"2018-06-18T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T22:27:16","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-5-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/06\/05\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-5-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 5 JÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵE 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\">5 June 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA GARCES OF ECUADOR ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY\u2019S 73<sup>RD<\/sup> SESSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This morning the General Assembly elected the President of its 73rd session.<\/li>\n<li>The President-elect is Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa Garc\u00e9s of Ecuador.<\/li>\n<li>She received a total of 128 votes.<\/li>\n<li>The other candidate, Ms. Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake of Honduras, received 62 votes.<\/li>\n<li>There were 2 abstentions.<\/li>\n<li>Espinosa Garc\u00e9s will be the fourth woman to hold this position.<\/li>\n<li>There were 190 Member States present and voting, and 192 ballots cast (all valid). The number of votes needed to win was 96.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS VICE PRESIDENTS FOR 73<sup>RD<\/sup> SESSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Also this morning, the Vice Presidents of the General Assembly\u2019s 73rd session were elected.<\/li>\n<li>They will be the Permanent Representatives from the following Member States:<\/li>\n<li>From the African States: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Namibia and Sudan;<\/li>\n<li>From the Asia-Pacific States: Cambodia, Cyprus, Iraq, Japan, and Qatar;<\/li>\n<li>From the Eastern European States: Ukraine;<\/li>\n<li>From the Latin American and Caribbean States: Guyana and Panama;<\/li>\n<li>And from the Western European and other States: San Marino and Spain.<\/li>\n<li>They will join the 5 permanent members of the Security Council, who automatically serve as Vice Presidents of the General Assembly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MALI GETS 1<sup>ST<\/sup> SEAT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Also today, we had the drawing of lots to determine the Member State which will occupy the first seat in the General Assembly Hall at the seventy-third session.<\/li>\n<li>In accordance with established practice, the Secretary-General drew one name from a box containing the names of all United Nations Member States.<\/li>\n<li>And that country was Mali.<\/li>\n<li>Mali will now get the first seat in the General Assembly Hall and the other Member States will follow in English alphabetical order. 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