Making the United Nations Relevant to all PeoplePRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY, SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARÍA FERNANDA ESPINOSA
Good afternoon, everyone!
Hope you are well today… I will start with a trip announcement.
PGA TO TRAVEL TO VATICAN CITY AND ROME TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGENDA 2030
Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa will travel on Sunday to Vatican City and Rome.
The PGA will speak at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City on Climate Change and New Evidence
from Science, Engineering and Policy, as part of discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals.
She will meet Italian authorities and hold bilateral meetings at the Vatican on the 2030 Agenda.
In Rome, Ms. Espinosa will grant interviews to international media outlets.
The PGA is travelling with a specialist on SDGs, her Coordination Officer and her Personal Assistant.
All travel costs are being covered by the PGA´s Office Trust Fund.
The PGA and her delegation will return to New York on 28 May.
PRESIDENT ESPINOSA PAYS TRIBUTE TO UN PEACEKEEPERS
The President of the General Assembly has issued a tweet today paying tribute to the work of UN peacekeepers around the world.
Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa commended the work of over one million women and men who have served under the UN blue flag since 1948, when the Organization launched its first peacekeeping force.
The PGA, a former Defense Minister of her own country of Ecuador, has honoured the pride, distinction and courage of peacekeepers.
She paid tribute to the memory of over 3,800 women and men who have lost their lives in the line of duty and to protect peace and stability since 1948.
The President of the General Assembly also recalled her recent visits to Pakistan and to the United Arab Emirates, where she met with all-female contingents of peacekeepers to highlight the difference they bring to UN operations.
Ms. Espinosa is grateful to Member States which contribute to peacekeeping operations and supports and encourages all efforts to increase the participation of women in peacekeeping operations around the world.
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