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PRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY,\u00a0<\/strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong>PRESIDENT MAR\u00cdA FERNANDA ESPINOSA<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 January 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good afternoon, everyone\u2026<\/p>\n

How are you today?<\/p>\n


PRESIDENT ESPINOSA TO BRIEF MEMBER STATES ON TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly, Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa, will brief Member States tomorrow on the work of the GA since she took office in September, as well as\u00a0on\u00a0the activities and high-level meetings\u00a0planned\u00a0for the upcoming months. One of these meetings is the WomenInPower High-Level Event. An invitation is being sent to\u00a0all female Heads of State and Government for the 12 March. With the support of the international leaders\u00a0the PGA intends to promote more participation of women in decision-making processes and in politics. We will brief you\u00a0with\u00a0more details nearer the time.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>PGA\u2019S AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning, Ms. Espinosa had\u00a0her monthly meeting\u00a0with the Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. They spoke about several issues including the implementation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ reform, which\u00a0began\u00a0on 1 January. Ms. Espinosa and Mr. Guterres also talked about joint efforts to promote gender equality.\u00a0 The PGA received in her office the Ambassador of Belize, Her Excellency Ms. Lois Michele Young. She later had a bilateral meeting the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.\u00a0 Tomorrow at 11 a.m. there will be a handover ceremony of the G-77 + China which Ms. Espinosa will attend. Later today, the PGA will grant interviews to the Dawn Newspaper and\u00a0The National\u00a0newspaper on her upcoming visit to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

PGA\u2019S NEW YEAR STAKEOUT ON WEDNESDAY AT 1 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Espinosa will have a stakeout next week on Wednesday, 16 January at 1 pm. in front of the PGA\u2019s Office. We would like to invite all of you for this interaction with the PGA before she leaves for Pakistan. She is looking forward to answering your questions on the work of the General Assembly for the next months and any other issues you would like to address in regard with her Presidency.<\/p>\n

This is everything we have for today. Now I am happy to take your questions.<\/p>\n

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