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OFFICIAL VISIT TO GENEVA<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to start with a trip announcement.<\/p>\n

The President General Assembly, Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si, will make an official visit to Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 February to 1 March.<\/p>\n

The President will address the opening of the 52nd<\/sup> session of the Human Rights Council, on 27 February, alongside the President of the Human Rights Council, V\u00e1clav B\u00e1lek and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T\u00fcrk. I will try to get you those remarks under embargo before Monday.<\/p>\n

The working visit will include meetings with the Foreign Minister of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis. As well as with Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office in Geneva (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOG), and senior representatives of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, funds and programmes located in Geneva.<\/p>\n

The President will also meet with civil society organizations, academics and researchers, and youth.<\/p>\n

On 28 February, President K\u0151r\u00f6si will brief the press at the Palais on the upcoming Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Water Conference, which will be held in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023. That will be carried live on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ WebTV.<\/p>\n

Costs for the visit are covered by the OPGA Trust Fund.<\/p>\n

You have the details in a media advisory in English and French your inbox and online: https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/02\/22\/un-general-assembly-president-to-address-human-rights-council-in-geneva\/<\/a><\/p>\n

EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

This afternoon is the Emergency Special Session.<\/p>\n

President Csaba Korosi will speak first. He will make remarks in English and Russian.<\/p>\n

He will be followed by the Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n

Then the Member States. You have the List of Speakers. There are 80 speakers currently inscribed: e-Delegate+ (unmeetings.org)<\/a><\/p>\n

As you know, today\u2019s meeting will run form 3PM to 9PM, and resume at 10AM tomorrow.<\/p>\n

There is a draft resolution for action, as well as two draft amendments. All those texts are available on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Journal page for the meeting, and I will include that link with the notes: https:\/\/journal.un.org\/en\/new-york\/meeting\/officials\/0e2f9564-8a83-40d3-6e7f-08daff194b89\/2023-02-22<\/a><\/p>\n

BILATERALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning to today\u2019s bilaterals.<\/p>\n

The President met this morning with HRH Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite, Executive Director of the Royal Academy of Science International Trust. This is in the context of injecting more science into the work of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The President is due to meet later today with the Foreign Minister of Georgia, Ilia Darchiashvili. The war in Ukraine and the Emergency Special Session is expected to be discussed.<\/p>\n

The President will also meet today with Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. This is their regularly planned monthly meeting.<\/p>\n

In terms of other bilaterals, the President will meet with Ambassador Sedat \u00d6nal, the new Permanent Representative of T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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