International Migration Review Forum, ECOSOC operational segment & other topics – PGA Spokesperson's Briefing
Categories
Media / Press Conferences
Production Date
Video Length
01:30:52
Asset Language
English
Subject Topical
2030 AGENDA
GA PRESIDENT
MEMORIAL
MIGRATION
TRIBUTES
Speaker Name
KUBIAK, PAULINA
Speaker Role
Spokesperson
Speaker Affiliation
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Corporate Name
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - ECOSOC
Summary

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Description

The first International Migration Review Forum is now underway. The roundtables are designed to review progress and challenges in the implementation of the 23 objectives of the Global Compact on Migration.

The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, will hold a press conference in this room as part of the noon briefing on Friday, 20 May. This will be a joint press conference with IOM Director-General António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, and Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration

President Shahid highlighted the complementary work of the General Assembly and ECOSOC, at the operational activities segment of the Economic and Social Council.

Two remembrances to highlight… This Friday, in the morning, the General Assembly will pay tribute to the late President of the United Arab Emirates, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This afternoon, the General Assembly Hall honours Madeleine K. Albright.

The HOPE Fellows are in Bern, Switzerland.

Related Sites and Documents

Office of the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly

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