{"id":262742,"date":"2022-03-30T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=262742"},"modified":"2022-03-30T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:33:07","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-30-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/03\/30\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-30-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 30 March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,<\/strong> <\/p>\n PALESTINIAN PEOPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, is today meeting with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.<\/p>\n The agenda is to discuss recent developments in the occupied Palestinian Territory and the way forward for\u00a0the Middle East Peace process.<\/p>\n The Committee\u00a0consists of 49 Member States.<\/p>\n It is currently chaired by the Permanent Representative of Senegal, Ambassador Cheikh Niang<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-HABITAT<\/strong><\/p>\n President Shahid met earlier this morning virtually with the Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif.<\/p>\n They discussed preparations for the high-level meeting on the New Urban Agenda that will be held on 28 April.<\/p>\n The Executive Director briefed President Shahid on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Habitat\u2019s outreach to the various regional groups and the feedback received on the preparations for the high-level meeting.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n GENERAL ASSEMBLY<\/strong><\/p>\n After we met yesterday, the General Assembly took action on three resolutions and decisions.<\/p>\n The first resolution created the International Day of Plant Health. The Day will be marked annually on 12th<\/sup> May, starting this year. The resolution was adopted by consensus. It was sponsored by Bolivia, Finland, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Zambia.<\/p>\n The resolution recognizes that healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition.<\/p>\n The General Assembly also adopted by consensus a resolution focused on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.<\/p>\n The General Assembly also agreed to logistical issues related to the Ocean Conference that will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, starting on 27 June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COMMODITIES <\/strong><\/p>\n Turning to upcoming events in the General Assembly\u2026<\/p>\n Tomorrow, there will be a one-day informal interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on Commodity Markets.<\/p>\n The opening segment will hear from the President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid\u2026<\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIDO Director-General Gerd Muller.<\/p>\n That segment will be followed by presentations from FAO and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµCTAD on COVID-19 and commodity trends and prospects.<\/p>\n The event will then have two interactive panels.<\/p>\n One will focus on the threat of crises and the renewed impetus for diversification.<\/p>\n The second panel will be on overcoming dependence through technology and innovation.<\/p>\n The panelists include Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ officials, representatives from the private sector, academia and civil society.<\/p>\n President Shahid will give closing remarks.<\/p>\n I will share the program today with the noon briefing note.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SYRIA<\/strong><\/p>\n And looking further ahead, the General Assembly will hold an informal plenary meeting on the situation of human rights in Syria. That will be on Friday, 8 April in the morning.<\/p>\n The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet will deliver the interim oral update\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER, SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID United Nations Headquarters, New York PALESTINIAN PEOPLE The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[911,905,902,908,914,860],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-262742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spokespersons-briefings","tag-commodities","tag-new-urban-agenda","tag-palestin","tag-plant","tag-syria","tag-un-habitat","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID<\/strong>
\nUnited Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n