{"id":173250,"date":"2018-12-13T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/?p=173250"},"modified":"2018-12-26T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T17:20:15","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-13-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/2018\/12\/13\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-13-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson &#8211; 13 December 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;3.17.4&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><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\">13 December 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;3.17.4&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>How are you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>PGA VISITS CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN QATAR, DELIVERS SPEECH ON MULTILATERALISM AT QATAR Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President of the General Assembly, Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa arrived in Qatar earlier this morning for an official visit to take part in the Doha Forum and participate in a seminar on multilateralism at the College of Law at Qatar University.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA started her day with a visit at the Al Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities. Ms. Espinosa talked to children with special needs and learned about the work being done at the centre to promote inclusion for all. She used the visit to re-state her commitment to the rights of people with disabilities as part of her Seven Priorities. The President of the GA also met leading women from the Qatar Foundation for Social Work and is finishing her day of work as a guest speaker at the seminar \u201cMultilateralism under Threat: the challenges facing the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in the lead-up to its 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary\u201d, which is being organized by the College of Law at Qatar University.\u00a0The PGA\u2019s delegation includes her Chef de Cabinet, her adviser on Peace and Security, a coordination officer and a communications adviser, as well as her personal assistant.\u00a0 All travel costs are being covered by the State of Qatar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PGA\u2019s AGENDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the meetings I have just mentioned, the PGA has granted interviews to the following media outlets: Izvestia, La Stampa, The Hindu, Times Now and Al Jazeera English television\u2019s \u2018Talk to al Jazeera\u2019 show. And on Saturday, 15 December, Ms. Espinosa will speak at the opening of the Doha Forum.<\/p>\n<p>This is all from us. 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