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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PGA WELCOMES?‘ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA DECLARATION’ FOR ACTION AGAINST SINGLE-USE PLASTICS POLLUTION
The President of the General Assembly welcomes a new ‘Antigua & Barbuda Declaration’ for action on single-use plastics pollution. ?
The document will be signed at the ‘Play it Out’ Concert in Antigua, tomorrow 1st?June, as part of the PGA’s global campaign against plastic pollution and single use plastics.
‘The Antigua & Barbuda Declaration’ is considered to be?a ground-breaking initiative aimed at encouraging all Caribbean countries to?further the steps being taken to eliminate the use of single-use plastics and end the pollution of the oceans.
Ms. Espinosa, who is arriving in Antigua and Barbuda today for the event, believes that the declaration is not only historic but highly practical and can be implemented. It?highlights leadership on plastics action, and the need for urgent and strong commitment to combat it.
Antigua and Barbuda is the first country in the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to take such extensive action on single-use plastics.
The Concert ‘Play it Out’ will take place tomorrow, 1st?June, at 6 pm. EST.? The festival is featuring?Grammy Award winner, Ashanti, Machel Montano, Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘King of Soca’. international artists include Bomba Estereo, Nico and Vinz, Robin Schulz, Rocky Dawuni, and St. Lucia.
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The event will be co-hosted by actress Meagan Good and 蘑菇视频 Environment?WildforLife programme advocate?Amanda Cerny, 蘑菇视频 Environment Goodwill Ambassador, Adrian Grenier.
Ms. Espinosa thanked the Governments of Antigua & Barbuda and Norway for their support for the ‘Play it Out’ concert and the wider campaign against single-use plastics pollution.
More information on our dedicated website: /pga/73/playitout/
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MS. ESPINOSA SAYS DONORS CONFERENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE MUST SEND STRONG MESSAGE OF?SOLIDARITY
The President of the General Assembly has sent a message to the International Pledging Conference to secure support for recovery in Mozambique after the country was affected by tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
In a written message, in English and Portuguese, to participants of the Conference, in the city of Beira, Ms. Espinosa expresses her full support to?Mozambique at this time of need and called for concrete action to support the recovery efforts.
Both cyclones ravaged infrastructure, severely reduced basic services for the population and worsened the living conditions of millions of Mozambicans in the affected areas.
Ms. Espinosa said that: “We need to do more than to express solidarity by sending a?? strong and clear message that the international community stands by the people of Mozambique in word and in deed; that we will support the country as it mobilizes its own efforts to rebuild and achieve sustainable development.”
Cyclones Idai and Kenneth struck Mozambique in March and April within six weeks affecting about 2 million people, according to Mozambican authorities.
The Donors Conference which starts today is expected to be attended by hundreds of participants from international organizations, civil society and the private sector, representatives of the Government and the country’s President H.E.? Filipe Jacinto Nyusi.
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