{"id":259937,"date":"2022-03-07T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=259937"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:51:15","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-7-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/03\/07\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-7-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 7 March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"center\"><strong>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵCIL REFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Underway in the General Assembly Hall today, are the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on\/\/ and increase in the membership of\/\/ the Security Council and other matters related to the Council.<\/p>\n<p>The informal meeting of the plenary will be held today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Representatives of Qatar and Denmark are the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>VENEZUELA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later this afternoon, the President of the General Assembly Abdulla Shahid, will meet with Marta Vali\u00f1as, the Chairperson of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. The meeting will be an opportunity to brief President Shahid on the mandate of Mission\u2019s mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The independent observers are in New York on an official mission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL WOMEN&#8217;S DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>President Shahid will participate in the United Nations observance tomorrow at 10AM Eastern, on the theme of \u201cgender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And you heard some of the details for the event from Stephane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOPE FELLOWSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And before I take your questions, I will briefly give the podium to Jaala Jeremiah, one of our eight Fellows for HOPE. That stands for Harnessing Opportunity for Promoting Empowerment of Youth.<\/p>\n<p>The Fellowship is funded by the generous support of the European Union and other Member States.<\/p>\n<p>Jaala is working with the communications team for the next few weeks and she will speak to you briefly about the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITAR training program that Fellows take part in on Fridays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAALA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Jaala Jeremiah, I am from the Republic of Nauru.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t take up too much of your time, allow me to speak on how we spend our Fridays as part of the Fellowship. We are fortunate to have been allocated a day dedicated to training workshops on various themes, facilitated by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITAR. Each week we are introduced to different topics, from the introduction to the different bodies of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, multilateral negotiations, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ protocol to Climate Change. Our most recent training, which took place last Friday was on the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>During this workshop, we were introduced to the origins of the MDGs and its evolution to the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda, the process of follow-up, and review of the 2030 Agenda as well as the Voluntary National Review (VNRs). We had 4 guest speakers from Antigua &amp; Barbuda, Nauru, Uganda, and Zimbabwe who presented their VNRs experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked about the terminology used by President Shahid in reference to the conflict in Ukraine. 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