{"id":167260,"date":"2018-10-16T17:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T21:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/?p=167260"},"modified":"2018-10-16T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T21:34:32","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-16-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/2018\/10\/16\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-16-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Press briefing by spokesperson \u2013 16 October 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.12.2&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>PRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT MAR\u00cdA FERNANDA ESPINOSA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta vcard\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"updated\">16 October 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>[As delivered]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.12.2&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Good afternoon, everyone!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">How are you today?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>WORLD FOOD DAY<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As this is World Food Day, the President of the General Assembly has issued a tweet joining the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in affirming that is possible to achieve #ZeroHunger by 2030 and that this is an opportunity for all to get involved in making it happen. Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa says that everyone can help, and one of the ways to get started is to cut back on food waste and donate food items to those who need them the most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As we know, today, about 820 million people suffer from hunger. Here, there is a gender element as most of them are women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For many people around the world a simple nutritious meal is beyond reach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">The President believes that we can renew our commitment to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient and nutritious food. Achieving the 2030 Agenda and leaving<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">no one behind depends on our collective efforts to have food systems that are efficient, inclusive and environmentally sustainable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>PGA\u2019s AGENDA<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ms. Espinosa is receiving today the Senior Adviser on Policy, Ms. Ana Mar\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez, the Ambassador of Austria, H.E. Mr. Jan Kickert, and will chair the meeting on the Draft Resolution \u201cChair of Group of 77 for 2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This is all for today. 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