  {"id":164055,"date":"2018-07-19T15:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=164055"},"modified":"2018-07-19T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T19:33:56","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-19-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/07\/19\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-19-july-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 19 JULY 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;3.6&#8243;]<\/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\">19 July 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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;3.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRESIDENT DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS FOR GLOBAL COMPACT WITH MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR &amp; U.N. 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