Racial Discrimination & other topics – PGA Spokesperson's Briefing

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:05:54
• Production Date: 21 March 2023
• Asset Language: Original; English
• Personal Subject: KUBIAK, PAULINA
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS WATER CONFERENCE
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHIBITIONS; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; NOON BRIEFING; RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT
• MAMS Id: 3023057

Description

President Csaba Kőrösi is taking part in a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The President also spoke about the link between racism and hate speech… with old falsehoods taking on new forms through modern technologies, including online algorithms that perpetuate racial stereotypes and biases. He noted that left unregulated, social media can supercharge campaigns of extreme violence that can go as far as fomenting genocide.

This afternoon, President Kőrösi will make remarks to the 6th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters.

You will hear him highlight four main benefits of climate smart water management.

This afternoon, President Kőrösi will participate in an exhibit inauguration entitled “Road to World Water Forum 2024” organized by Indonesia… who will host the 10th World Water Forum next year.

The President will make short remarks.

The President has a number of bilaterals today, all in the context of the UN Water Conference which starts tomorrow at 9AM ET in the GA Hall.

Those meetings are with:

Dr. Hani Sewelam, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Egypt

Chinese Minister of Water Resources Mr. Li Guoying

Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Public Housing and Public Infrastructure of the Republic of Indonesia

And then tonight, the President will have a working dinner to discuss transformative commitments from the Conference… with the co-hosts, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan.

President Kőrösi will address the opening of the UN Water Conference.

He will outline the challenges of the water crisis and the solutions. He will also call for water as a global common good, and urge the international community to adjust policy, legislation an financing accordingly.

For further details please see SOURCE below.
Office of the Spokesperson for the General Assembly President