United Nations published this video item, entitled “Summit of the Americas & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (9 June 2022)” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Summit of the Americas
– DSG Travels
– Senior Personnel Appointment
– Myanmar
– South Sudan
– Food Outlook Report
– World Investment Report 2022
– Briefing Tomorrow
– Guest Today
SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
The Secretary-General is in Los Angeles, where he will attend the Leaders’ Plenary and Leaders’ Dinner at the Summit of the Americas. He expects to meet with some of the senior officials attending the summit.
He will be back here in New York tomorrow.
DSG TRAVELS
The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, started a visit to Kazakhstan, and she met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The meeting covered a range of issues, including the Government’s approach to make all state institutions people-centred, Kazakhstan’s Voluntary National Review for 2022 and plans to operationalize a commitment to decarbonisation by 2060.
The Deputy Secretary-General also met with Deputy Foreign Minister Akan Rakhmetullin, and then later met with several civil society organisations under the Spotlight Initiative Regional Programme.
The Deputy Secretary-General visited Uzbekistan yesterday where in the capital, Tashkent, she was received by the President.
They discussed a wide range of issues, including implementation and financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, regional stability, climate change and adaptation, mitigation of the consequences of the ongoing Aral Sea crisis, as well as human rights and gender equality.
During her one-day visit, the Deputy Secretary-General also had meetings with women leaders, the Chairperson of the Senate, young leaders and our UN colleagues.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=09%20June%202022
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