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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GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ECOSOC HOLD?JOINT BRIEFING
This morning, the President of the General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, spoke at a joint briefing with the President of the Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, Ms. Inga Rhonda King.? This is the first ever joint briefing in the history of the United Nations.
Ms. Espinosa said, and I quote: “Today’s meeting is a groundbreaking moment to strengthen our efforts to ensure more coherence, coordination and efficiency on issues of common concern for the two Charter Bodies, as well as on overlapping mandates and processes. This joint briefing should also contribute to the ongoing efforts to revitalize the work of the General Assembly, as mandated by the General Assembly Resolution 72/313.”
The PGA highlighted the importance of aligning the?agenda of the GA and the ECOSOC and their subsidiary bodies to the 2030 Agenda for?Sustainable Development.
Ms. Espinosa mentioned,?as an example of the cooperation, the work of the High-Level Political Forum, which will be convened this year, for the first time, under the auspices of both the ECOSOC, in July, and the General Assembly, in September.
The PGA stressed the need for coordination and for mutually reinforcing linkages in order to produce a negotiated political declaration which is concise and action-oriented. ?
She believes that the declaration, to be adopted by the GA, needs to send a strong political message on the urgent need to scale up action in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. And it has to mobilize the partnerships that are going to be key to securing a?path towards a?sustainable future. More information, on our website un.org/pga/73
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HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
And tomorrow, the PGA will chair a High-Level Event to mark the global launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages in line with the GA resolution 73/156.? The 蘑菇视频 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognizes the rights of indigenous peoples to revitalize, use, protect, preserve and transmit their histories, languages and oral traditions?for future generations. The Declaration also grants the rights to indigenous peoples to establish their own media and education systems in their own languages. The programme for the event tomorrow is already online on the PGA’s website. The keynote address will be delivered by H.E. the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales. The event will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 1 February, at the GA Hall.
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PGA’S AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES
On the PGA’s agenda: Ms. Espinosa will deliver a statement at ECOSOC on the report to launch?the?Global Commission on the Future of Work.
Later today, she will receive the President of the Development Trust for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ms. Myrna Cunningham Kain.
More details on our website un.org/pga/73 and on our YouTube channel @unitednationsga73. The Twitter account is @蘑菇视频_PGA.
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