{"id":266432,"date":"2022-05-18T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=266432"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:30:23","slug":"readout-of-the-meeting-between-the-president-of-the-general-assembly-and-a-delegation-of-mayors-from-the-mayors-migration-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/05\/18\/readout-of-the-meeting-between-the-president-of-the-general-assembly-and-a-delegation-of-mayors-from-the-mayors-migration-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Readout\u00a0of the meeting between the President of the General Assembly and a delegation of Mayors from the Mayors Migration Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the 76<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, met today with\u00a0a delegation of mayors from the Mayors Migration Council<b>.\u00a0<\/b>The delegation included Ms. Val\u00e9rie Plante, Mayor of the city of Montr\u00e9al, Canada; Mr. Erias Lukwago, Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda; Ms. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone; Md. Atiqul Islam, Mayor of Dhaka North, Bangladesh; Mr. Phillippe Rio, Mayor of the city of Gringny, France; Ms. Emilia Saiz, Secretary-General of the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG); as well as Ms. Vittoria Zanuso, Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation thanked the President of the 76<sup>th<\/sup>General Assembly for setting a precedent for the inclusion of local authorities in discussions of urban planning and migration and recognizing the fundamental role they play in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. 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