{"id":262469,"date":"2022-03-25T14:07:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=262469"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:07:47","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-25-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/03\/25\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-25-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 25 March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,<\/strong> DOHA<\/strong><\/p>\n The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid just arrived in Doha. He was received by Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar, and by Ambassador Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations.<\/p>\n President Shahid will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the Doha Forum, tomorrow morning local time.<\/p>\n The President is in Qatar at the invitation of the Government, who is generously funding the costs.<\/p>\n TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY<\/strong><\/p>\n The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, today called for solidarity and unity in standing against the marginalization of persons of African descent.<\/p>\n The comments come on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.<\/p>\n President Shahid said that we must discuss the legacy of slavery, and that quote \u201cthis dark chapter should never be whitewashed.\u201d<\/p>\n The President said in a video message that he had visited Goree Island in Senegal, which from the 15th<\/sup> to the 19th<\/sup> century was the largest slave-trading center on the African continent.<\/p>\n He said that he would never forget the feeling of sorrow and distress of those who went through the very small door overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. A point of no return.<\/p>\n In advance of today\u2019s Day, the President visited the Ark of Return at the northern side of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters.<\/p>\n There is a very beautiful video on his social media account and now on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ WebTV, that depicts the President\u2019s thoughts much more eloquently than I can relay them here.<\/p>\n OPGA Twitter link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ_PGA\/status\/1507329010317070336\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID<\/strong>
\nUnited Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n