Making the United Nations Relevant to all PeoplePRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY,?SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MAR?A FERNANDA ESPINOSA
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GENDER LEADERS DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
The President of the General Assembly is hosting a high-level panel discussion today on the future of women’s leadership. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa is chairing the meeting in partnership with the 蘑菇视频 Foundation ahead of the event WomenInPower, scheduled for 12 March.
The panel is composed?of?the vice-president of Panama, H.E.?Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, the current first lady and former Minister of Planning of Angola, H.E.? Ana Dias Louren?o, the President and?Chief Executive Officer?of?the?蘑菇视频 Foundation, Ms. Kathy Calvin, supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova, ?and Al Jazeera presenter,?Folly Bah Thibault.
Ms. Espinosa has dedicated her mandate as PGA to women and girls around the world and to women in politics. She believes that an alliance of Member States, public sector and civil society can help to identify barriers to the full and equal participation of women in posts of leadership as well as promote a faster empowerment of women.?Today, only 10% of Heads of State and Government are female. There are 20 women in such positions and only 24% of women are parliamentarians in the world. The PGA says that women contribute a great deal to?the?decision-making processes and must be present at the table.??
Other members of the Gender Specialist group, formed by the PGA, are: Helen Clark, former prime-minister of? New Zealand, Aurelia Frick, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, Isabel Pla, Minister of Women and Gender Equality of Chile, Sri?Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance of Indonesia?and?Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar?Museums.
LA蘑菇视频CH OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SECURITY CO蘑菇视频CIL REFORM
The PGA spoke earlier today in a meeting to launch the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa?says?that the GA has addressed it for over two decades, and that it is now over 25 years since the Open-Ended Working group to deal with this matter was formed. The PGA said?today that: “Intergovernmental negotiations began more than a decade ago. And still, the composition of the Security Council continues broadly to reflect the world as it was in 1945, save for the increase in non-permanent seats agreed half a century ago.”?
The PGA says that she firmly believes in the power of dialogue, and in the ability – and diplomatic skill – of Member States to make meaningful progress in the coming months. Ms. Espinosa also thanked the co-facilitators for this process H.E. Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, of the United Arab Emirates, and H.E. Ambassador Christian Braun of Luxembourg.
PGA’s AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES
This afternoon, the PGA will receive at her office, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy, H.E. Emanuela Del Re.
Later she will grant an interview to Forbes USA on gender equality and her work with the gender leaders, which was launched today.
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