{"id":199406,"date":"2020-02-21T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/?p=199406"},"modified":"2020-02-21T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:30:59","slug":"media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” link_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_vertical_length=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_blur_strength=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_vertical_length=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_blur_strength=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_vertical_length=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_blur_strength=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_vertical_length=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_blur_strength=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” vertical_offset_tablet=”0″ horizontal_offset_tablet=”0″ z_index_tablet=”0″]<\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITED NATIONS<\/strong>, New York, 21 February 2020 \u2013 The President of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly, H.E. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande will travel to Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday, 22 February 2020, to participate in the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n

This is the first official visit of H.E. Muhammad-Bande to Geneva since his inauguration as President of the 74th<\/sup> session of the General Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the visit, the President is expected to highlight the important linkage between human rights and the priorities of the 74th session.<\/p>\n

On Monday, February 24, the President is expected to address the Human Rights Council during the opening session of the 43rd session of the council. H.E. Muhammad-Bande will also participate in the annual High-Level panel discussion on the Mainstreaming of Human Rights, with the theme, \u2018Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities.\u2019<\/p>\n

The President will meet with Ms. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, President of the Human Rights Council as well as Ms. Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights. He will also visit the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) where he will meet with the Director-General, Mr. Guy Ryder, and Experts.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, February 25, H.E. Muhammad-Bande will meet with Mr. Eamon Gilmore, EU, Special Representative for Human Rights as well as Ms. Issabella Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.<\/p>\n

The President will be accompanied by his Deputy Chef de Cabinet Jerobeam Shaanika, Senior Advisers Zainab Zakari-Awami and Alexandre Stutzmann, his Special Assistant Muyiwa Waheed Onifade, Adviser Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani and Administrative Assistant Meriem Heddache.<\/p>\n

H.E. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande and members of his delegation will depart Geneva on Wednesday 26 February 2020.<\/p>\n

Travel costs will be covered by the Regular Budget of the Office of the President of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

———————-<\/p>\n

For media inquiries, please contact:<\/p>\n

Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani<\/p>\n

tiamiyu.arobani@un.org<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRESIDENT OF THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO VISIT GENEVA – 20 – 22 February 2020 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nMEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRESIDENT OF THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO VISIT GENEVA - 20 - 22 February 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Denise Kling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Denise Kling\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Denise Kling\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee\"},\"headline\":\"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":971,\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/21\\\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/\",\"name\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"description\":\"President of the 74th session\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee\",\"name\":\"Denise Kling\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Denise Kling\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/74\\\/author\\\/denise-klingun-org\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations","og_description":"PRESIDENT OF THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO VISIT GENEVA - 20 - 22 February 2020","og_url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/","og_site_name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","article_published_time":"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00","author":"Denise Kling","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Denise Kling","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/"},"author":{"name":"Denise Kling","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/#\/schema\/person\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee"},"headline":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA","datePublished":"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/"},"wordCount":971,"articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/","name":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA - General Assembly of the United Nations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-21T15:30:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/#\/schema\/person\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/2020\/02\/21\/media-advisory-president-of-the-general-assembly-to-travel-to-geneva\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MEDIA ADVISORY: PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/","name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","description":"President of the 74th session","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/#\/schema\/person\/af470bea9354ed1b453ade6d22b5c9ee","name":"Denise Kling","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5fdae9d2ae28ca0f434202f2c9b6f29640a2b757fdbaa4592687900a399db3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Denise Kling"},"url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/author\/denise-klingun-org\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/74\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}