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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

12 July 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good afternoon, everyone!<\/i><\/p>\n

Today we will have to say goodbye to Luke Vargas, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCA correspondent from Talk Media News.\u00a0\u00a0Luke will move to a new position. We congratulate you! On behalf of the PGA and the entire PGA\u00b4s 73 Office, thank you for your excellent service.<\/i><\/p>\n

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PGA TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE ON GENDER EQUALITY WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ WOMEN AND MS. HELEN CLARK<\/b><\/p>\n

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The President of the General Assembly will hold a joint press conference on gender equality and women\u2019s leadership for a sustainable world, on Monday, 15th<\/sup>\u00a0July, from 12:30\u00a0pm. to 12:50\u00a0pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The press conference will take place here at the Briefing Room.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ms. Mar<\/span>\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa will be joined by the Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women, Ms.\u00a0Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and Ms. Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand. They will deliver opening remarks and take your questions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The press conference, which will be webcast by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Web TV, is taking place on the margins of the\u00a0informal plenary meeting on Gender Equality and Women\u2019s Leadership for a Sustainable World.<\/p>\n

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The General Assembly will host the eminent Group of Gender Equality Leaders established by the PGA, Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa, last year as one of her top priorities to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women.<\/p>\n

The event will also provide a platform to follow up on the President of the General Assembly high-level event on \u2018Women in Power\u2019, held on 12 March 2019, and will aim to identify best practices to implement the key action points included in the \u2018Call for Action\u2019, released during the event.<\/p>\n

The PGA, the PGA-elect, H.E, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande and the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed will deliver opening remarks followed by two panel discussions on Women\u2019s Leadership, a Call to Action and Gender Equality and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development. Among the participants are Ms. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Organization, Ms. Rebecca Grynspan and Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, ILO.<\/p>\n

Both panels will be moderated by the Permanent Representatives of Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Juerg Lauber, and of Rwanda, H.E, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza.<\/p>\n

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The informal plenary meeting will bring together this diverse group of leaders who share a common goal: to accelerate the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in their own communities and around the world.<\/p>\n

In line with the theme of this year\u2019s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, the event will focus on empowerment, equality and inclusion as critical elements to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n

For a complete list of speakers, please go to our dedicated website:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SawxUT<\/a><\/p>\n

(The current members of the Eminent Group are:<\/p>\n

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Ms. Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama<\/p>\n

Ms. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister, New Zealand<\/p>\n

Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein<\/p>\n

Ms. Isabel Pl\u00e1, Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Chile<\/p>\n

Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia<\/p>\n

Ms. Ana Dias Louren\u00e7o, First Lady of Angola<\/p>\n

Ms. Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Foundation<\/p>\n

Ms. Folly Bah Thibault, Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera English<\/p>\n

Ms. Natalia Vodianova, supermodel and philanthropist, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA Goodwill Ambassador<\/p>\n

Ms. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums)<\/p>\n

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PGA\u2019S AGENDA<\/b><\/p>\n

Ms. Espinosa has met this morning with the co-facilitators for the alignment of the GA Agenda with the 2030 Agenda, H.E. Ms. Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires, Ambassador of Timor-Leste, and H.E. Ms. Marie Chatardov\u00e1, Ambassador of the Czech Republic.\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Espinosa later received the Chief of General Staff of Slovenia, Ms. Alenka Ermenc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The PGA granted separate interviews to Ms. Sarah Glover, the President of the National Association of Black Journalists, and Ms. Kacie Candela of Pass Blue. This afternoon, she will receive at her office, the new Ambassador of France to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, H.E. Mr. Nicolas de Rivi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

This is all from us for this week… Do you have any questions?<\/p>\n

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