{"id":255523,"date":"2023-08-09T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/?p=255523"},"modified":"2023-08-09T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:42:51","slug":"noon-briefing-highlights-9-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/08\/09\/noon-briefing-highlights-9-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon Briefing Highlights &#8211; 9 August 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>Wednesday, 9 August 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORLD WATER WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si, will make an official visit to Sweden from 20 to 24 August 2023. While in Stockholm, he will attend the World Water Week, organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute, and have high-level discussions on water, climate, and the sustainability transformation, with representatives of the Government and the State, as well as with scientific, research and academic centres.<\/p>\n<p>While in Sweden, President K\u0151r\u00f6si will meet with Mr. Tobias Billstr\u00f6m, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The President is scheduled to participate in a series of conversations at the Opening Ceremony of the World Water Week, on 21 August, where he will be in conversation with the Foreign Affairs Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The President is expected to highlight the responsibility of global action and inaction, as related to the water crisis, and call for a stronger scientific approach to decision-making. The President\u2019s simple message will be that \u2013 yes, we are in a water crisis, but we see the solutions and they are possible.<\/p>\n<p>The 22 August, President K\u0151r\u00f6si will deliver the keynote address at the High-Level Panel to Follow-up on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Water Conference, which took place in March 2023 in New York. He is expected to focus on the outcomes of the Conference, on how to channel these into the upcoming SDG Summit, and on how to harness these to accelerate the sustainability transformation.<\/p>\n<p>He will also meet the 2023 Laureate of the Water Prize, Dr. Andrea Rinaldo, and attend the Stockholm Water Prize Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Given his Presidency\u2019s strong emphasis on data and analysis, the President will also visit the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and meet with Mr. Stefan Lofven, Chair of the Governing Board of SIPRI. The Officials are likely to discuss key takeaways from the Stockholm Water Week, as well as issues pertinent to the work of the General Assembly \u2013 namely, disarmament, climate, and security.<\/p>\n<p>The President will return to New York on Thursday 24 August. He will travel with a Sustainable Development Adviser and a Communications Adviser. The travel costs are covered by the OPGA Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OPGA FELLOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some items related to young people\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This week, our OPGA Fellows are wrapping up their work.<\/p>\n<p>President K\u0151r\u00f6si met with the Fellows in an official group capacity yesterday for the last time.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Syuzanna Martirosyan from Armenia; Mmoloki Tsheole from the Republic of Botswana, Aim\u00e9 Triana from Cuba, Amr Danyal from the Maldives, Nathalie Gasaro from Rwanda, and Gerard Anapu from Samoa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were brilliant\u201d, he told the Fellows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen given the opportunity, young people have tremendous potential to contribute to transformative solutions, and you have proven just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Related tweet: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1689266849978937344\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1689266849978937344<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW PODCAST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Related, the next OPGA Fellows podcast is out.<\/p>\n<p>Syuzanna and Amr spoke with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanake.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be talking a long about young people ahead of this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, half of the world\u2019s population is under the age of 30, and 90 per cent of these populations live in developing countries<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll tease you with a quote from the Youth Envoy. Here is one bit of advice that she tells us: <strong>don\u2019t wait for an invitation. We often think that to be a change maker, you need to fit into a certain profile\u2026 But I think a change maker can look like anything that you want it to be. It can be a parent. It can be a teacher. It can be a farmer. It can be an innovator. It can be a software engineer. It can be an artist. Whatever you can use to express yourself, whatever the form, whatever the role that you can play to even change one person\u2019s life, I would say just do it.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interview was done by phone, so the audio is not ideal. But I hope you still check it out, or at least the transcript: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/pga-youth-fellows\/podcast-6-un-youth-envoy\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/pga-youth-fellows\/podcast-6-un-youth-envoy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NAGASAKI ANNIVERSARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 78<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.<\/p>\n<p>With nuclear threats resurfacing, President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si has called for technologies and resources to be used to create better lives, not costlier, deadlier threats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is also Indigenous Peoples Day.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, President K\u0151r\u00f6si calls indigenous peoples \u201cagents of change\u201d at the forefront of efforts to safeguard ecosystems, and ensure environmental justice and equity.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that a sustainable future depends on protecting their rights, listening to their knowledge, and honoring their traditions, languages and cultures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related tweet: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1689288519271825409\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/1689288519271825409<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked whether President K\u0151r\u00f6si will raise the issue of burning holy books, while in Sweden. The Spokesperson said that the General Assembly had passed a resolution on that issue. 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