{"id":255637,"date":"2023-08-21T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/?p=255637"},"modified":"2023-08-21T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:40:53","slug":"noon-briefing-highlights-21-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2023\/08\/21\/noon-briefing-highlights-21-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon Briefing Highlights – 21 August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/strong>
\nUnited Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, 21 August 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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STOCKHOLM<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly, Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si, is in Sweden today for an official visit that started over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Today, in the early afternoon local time, President K\u0151r\u00f6si participated in the opening ceremony of the World Water Week.<\/p>\n

He spoke alongside Mr. Jonathan Forssell, who is the Minister of International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade. It was a conversation between the two of them on the topic of governance. This was one of four moderated panels as part of the opening.<\/p>\n

They spoke to a packed room that included Government officials, civil society, scientists and academia, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ representatives.<\/p>\n

The President said that Quote: \u201cour problem today is not the speed of implementation. Our problem is that we are running to a water crisis- and unless we change direction, we will face serious, serious challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President offered five solutions for a water-wise world:<\/p>\n