General Assembly President on Security Council reform – General Assembly Stakeout (17 November 2022)

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Informal comments to the media by Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly, with the two co-facilitators Ambassador Michal Mlynar, the Permanent Representative of Slovakia, and Ambassador Tareq Albanai, the Permanent Representative of Kuwait on the Security Council reform.

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