{"id":178411,"date":"2019-02-07T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/?p=178411"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:19:51","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-7-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/2019\/02\/07\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-7-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 7 February 2019"},"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\">7 February 2019<\/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>I hope you are well today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESIDENT ESPINOSA WILL VISIT THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITED ARAB EMIRATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa will travel to the United Arab Emirates. Ms. Espinosa will visit Abu Dhabi, the capital city, and Dubai, to take part in the World Government Summit (WGS) and hold bilateral meetings with the country\u2019s leadership. On 10 February, in Dubai, the PGA will speak at events on climate health and Sustainable Development Goals implementation (SDGs), she will have bilateral meetings with the Vice- President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai, H.E.\u00a0Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashed Al Maktoum. Ms. Espinosa will also be received by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, H.E. Thani Al-Zeyoudi, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. President Espinosa will be a guest speaker at the formal opening of the World Government Summit.\u00a0\u00a0On 11 February, the PGA will travel to Abu Dhabi, where she will pay a visit to the Women Peacekeeping Training Centre in Abu Dhabi and have a bilateral meeting with the Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Ms. Espinosa will meet women leaders at a luncheon including the female ministers and the speaker of the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s delegation includes a senior adviser, her personal assistant and a communications specialist. All travel costs are being covered by the United Arab Emirates Government and the PGA\u2019s office trust fund.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Espinosa will be back in New York on Tuesday 12 February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PGA\u2019S NOON BRIEFING DAILY UPDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting tomorrow until Friday 15 February, there will be no briefing here in the Press Briefing Room. You will however receive daily updates on the PGA\u2019s trip to the United Arab Emirates on our website and through email. If you are not on our mailing list, please let us know and we will include your email address.<\/p>\n<p>More details on our website un.org\/pga\/73 and on our YouTube channel @unitednationsga73. The Twitter account is @Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA. This is all from us.\u00a0\u00a0 Now I am happy to take your questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unpga\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unpga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2S7Wl3q\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2S7Wl3q<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daily Briefing by the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly, Ms. Monica Grayley\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9sP-BNuLHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.un.org\/webcast\/1362235914001\/B1J3DDQJf_default\/index.html?videoId=5999663955001\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[800,815,827],"class_list":["post-178411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spokespersons-briefings","tag-maria-fernanda-espinosa","tag-monica-villela-grayley","tag-pga-press-briefing","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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