{"id":253832,"date":"2023-06-06T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/?p=253832"},"modified":"2023-06-06T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:26:49","slug":"noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/06\/06\/noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon Briefing Highlight &#8211; 6 June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nUnited Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Tuesday, 6 June 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UKRAINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me start with the war in Ukraine\u2026<\/p>\n<p>President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si says that he stands in solidarity with the families and communities suffering from the major human-made ecological disaster in the Kherson region.<\/p>\n<p>Intentional attacks to cause long-term and severe damage to the natural environment are war crimes, the President wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related tweet: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1666119360765734913\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1666119360765734913<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵCIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here in New York\u2026<\/p>\n<p>General Assembly Member States today elected Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia as non-permanent Security Council members, for a two-year term starting on 1 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding over the elections, President K\u0151r\u00f6si congratulated the Member States.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked the tellers for their support to the elections.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested, there was one round of elections.<\/p>\n<p>And Member States voted on blue ballot paper.<\/p>\n<p>All the successful candidates then went to the stakeout outside of the General Assembly Hall. You can get their remarks on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ WebTV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BILATERALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turning to the President\u2019s bilaterals today\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The President will meet this afternoon with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. They are likely to discuss plans for the SDG Summit, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>He will also meet with the Group of Friends on Science for Action, comprised of the Permanent Representatives of Belgium, India and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>You can expect the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Water Conference to be on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The President has been calling for urgent implementation of the gamechangers and the pledges made under the Water Action Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BAZAAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And this hour, the President is at the International Bazaar in the Visitors\u2019 Lobby and outside the 46<sup>th<\/sup> street doors.<\/p>\n<p>The Bazaar is an opportunity to share traditional goods and cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>And as the President says, it\u2019s easy to make friendships over a table.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked whether President K\u0151r\u00f6si believes the Kherson events constitute a war crime. The Spokesperson said that it is unclear right now what happened and by whom \u2013 as the press heard from Stephane \u2013 but if there are \u201cintentional attacks to cause long-term and severe damage to the natural environment\u201d in line with Rome Statute Article 8, then yes, the President would think that would be a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked how the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ could go about investigating Kherson. The Spokesperson said that the President of the General Assembly does not have investigative powers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si United Nations Headquarters, New York Tuesday, 6 June 2023 \u00a0 UKRAINE Let me start with the war in Ukraine\u2026 President [&hellip;]<\/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":[399,385],"class_list":["post-253832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spokespersons-briefings","tag-security-council","tag-ukraine","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Noon Briefing Highlight - 6 June 2023 - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/06\/06\/noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Noon Briefing Highlight - 6 June 2023 - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si United Nations Headquarters, New York Tuesday, 6 June 2023 \u00a0 UKRAINE Let me start with the war in Ukraine\u2026 President [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/06\/06\/noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T19:26:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paulina Greer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paulina Greer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/77\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/06\\\/noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/77\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/06\\\/noon-briefing-highlight-6-june-2023\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paulina Greer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/77\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25c5989ea34cbca9b6abfb3f464b38b1\"},\"headline\":\"Noon Briefing Highlight &#8211; 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