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29 October 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s briefing<\/strong><\/p>\n Good afternoon, everyone.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n The President of the General Assembly is deeply concerned\u00a0following the Israeli Parliament\u2019s adoption of two laws\u00a0which, if implemented, will prevent Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA from undertaking its essential work in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, as mandated by the General Assembly.<\/p>\n \u00a0A collapse of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a result of these two laws would exacerbate an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Plenary meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n In terms of plenary meetings, a debate on the\u00a0report of the International Criminal Court continues today. \u00a0<\/p>\n A debate on the Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by USA against Cuba also started today and will continue tomorrow. \u00a0<\/p>\n And then there is the debate on the Report of the International Court of Justice which resumes this afternoon. \u00a0 Main Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n And in terms of Main Committee updates, there will be a joint panel discussion of the First and Fourth Committee on possible challenges to space security and sustainability tomorrow. To note, action on all draft resolutions and decisions under First Committee will take place between 1 to 8 November. \u00a0<\/p>\n The Second Committee concluded its general discussions with the last item on the agenda being \u201cGroup of countries in special situations\u201d. Informal consultations on draft proposals are now taking place. \u00a0<\/p>\n The PGA addressed in the Third Committee last week and presentations of reports were made by 19 mandate holders. Concern about the human rights situation in Gaza, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar were also discussed.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Fourth Committee last week adopted two resolutions [by consensus], one on the \u201ceffects of atomic radiation\u201d on 21st and the \u201cUniversity of Peace “on 23rd of October, both without a vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0In terms of the Fifth Committee, the Fifth Committee discussed several budgetary issues including Special Political Missions with consideration of stand-alone Missions, namely the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAMA) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq. The liquidity crisis had in effect forced the Missions to drastically reduce its flight rotations.\u00a0<\/p>\n Appointments\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n And then with regard to appointments, the President has re-appointed H.E. Ms. Tania Romualdo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cabo Verde to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. James Larsen, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, as co-facilitators to conduct the intergovernmental consultations on the declaration to be adopted by consensus at the Third Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Ocean Conference in France.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Travel of the PGA<\/strong><\/p>\n And in terms of trips, the President, as per media advisory we shared last Friday, is in the Republic of Korea for the Annual Meeting of the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. He is there until tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n He will then go to the People\u2019s Republic of China and return on 3 November.\u00a0<\/p>\n He will also be attending COP29 in Azerbaijan from 11 to 14 November. \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Question #1<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks, Sharon. Does the PGA have any plans to reopen the emergency Special Session considering the legislation about Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA? And can you share the letter from the SG to the PGA with us?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Response<\/strong>: In terms of plans, he did receive a letter, as Stephane said, an hour ago. Consultations are taking place right now, and he is considering all options. And of course, we do have the 90 days in terms of implementation of these two laws, so we will be pulling in member states to work and drive action on tackling this issue.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Question # 2: <\/strong>Thank you. Sharon, do you have any idea when the Cuba vote will be tomorrow?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Response: <\/strong>I don’t know what time; I just know it’s taking place tomorrow. It should be at the end, but I can confirm and get back to you on this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ends<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Media\u00a0Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n Sharon Birch<\/strong>,\u00a0Spokesperson for\u00a0the President of the General Assembly,\u00a0Tel: + 212 963 0564, M: +1 646 342 5873, Email:\u00a0birchs@un.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Mariam Shaikh,\u00a0<\/strong>Adviser\/ Social and Digital Media\/Media Relations M: +1 917 3614990,\u00a0mariam.shaikh@un.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n More Information and Updates\u00a0:\u00a0Website<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0YouTube:\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0X (Twitter):<\/a>\u00a0Instagram<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0LinkedIn:\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Photo Repository:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the President of the General Assembly 29 October 2024 \u00a0 The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s briefing Good afternoon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-spokespersons-briefings","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the President of the General Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n
And on Friday there will be a debate\u00a0on the Report of the Human Rights Council. \u00a0<\/p>\n