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Journal Unit Opens at 15:00 No. 2018/186 Thursday, 27 September 2018 Journal of the United Nations Programme of meetings and agenda Thursday, 27 September 2018 Official meetings For changes to the venue or time of meetings of today, please consult the digital Journal at https://journal.un.org/ Launch of the digital Journal of the United Nations In accordance with General Assembly 71/323, a digital version of the Journal of the United Nations is available at https://journal.un.org. This multilingual user-friendly website is also compatible with smart phones and tablets. Pursuant to the same resolution, all content related to official meetings, including summaries, is available in the six official languages, in compliance with rule 55 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, while other meetings and general information will continue to be published in English and French only. General Assembly Security Council Seventy-third session 10:30 8363rd meeting Security Council 09:00 10th plenary meeting General Chamber Chamber [webcast] Assembly Hall [webcast] Addresses by: Adoption of the agenda Her Excellency Dalia Grybauskaitė, President, Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Republic of Lithuania Korea (continued on page 2) (continued on page 2) Take advantage of the e-subscription and receive the Journal early morning! www.undocs.org Join us and be the first to be notified once the next issue is available! www.twitter.com/Journal_UN_ONU Look for our page! Journal of the United Nations Scan QR Code (Quick Response Code) at the top right corner to download today’s Journal. 18-13840E 18-13840E Think Green! 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Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Link: Website His Excellency Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President, Republic of Equatorial Guinea Contact: SCAD SCSB (S-2472); dpa- [email protected] and 212-963-5258 His Excellency Jovenel Moïse, President, Republic of Haiti His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President, Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine Continuation of the general debate - Item 8 Addresses by: His Excellency Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, European Union His Excellency Charles Michel, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Belgium His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, State of Israel His Excellency Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister, Republic of Malta His Excellency Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister, Georgia His Excellency Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam His Excellency Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, Jamaica Her Excellency Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand His Excellency Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (continued on page 3) 2 No. 2018/186 Journal of the United Nations Thursday, 27 September 2018 General Assembly Seventy-third session 15:00 11th plenary meeting [webcast] General Assembly Hall Addresses by: His Excellency Peter Christian, President and Head of Government, Federated States of Micronesia His Excellency José Mário Vaz, President, Republic of Guinea-Bissau His Excellency Azali Assoumani, President, Union of the Comoros His Excellency Rivo Rakotovao, President ad interim, Republic of Madagascar Continuation of the general debate - Item 8 Addresses by: His Excellency Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Vice-President, Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice-President, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Her Excellency Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President, Costa Rica His Excellency K.P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal His Excellency Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Prime Minister, Tuvalu Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh His Excellency Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government, Spain Her Excellency Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia His Excellency Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda His Excellency Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk, Acting Head of Government, Kingdom of Bhutan Mauritania Liechtenstein Cameroon United Republic of Tanzania Djibouti Ethiopia Togo ________________________________________________________________________ Third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases [webcast] 10:00 Opening segment Conference Room 4 On the theme: Scaling up multi-stakeholder and multisectoral responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 3 No. 2018/186 Journal of the United Nations Thursday, 27 September 2018 The modalities for the high-level meeting are set out in resolution 72/274. A list of speakers for the plenary segment will be established in accordance with established practices of the General Assembly. Delegations are encouraged to observe the time limits of three minutes for statements by individual Member States and five minutes for delegations speaking on behalf of a group of States. Member States communicated by their respective regional groups to speak during the plenary segment are encouraged to submit their requests for inscription to the list of speakers through the e-Speakers system, accessible on 31 August 2018, at 10:00. An automated e-mail acknowledgement will be sent within one hour of receipt of the request for inscription. A list of speakers will be circulated prior to the high-level meeting. The two consecutive multi-stakeholder panels will be held in parallel to the plenary segment. Discussions in the multi-stakeholder panels are intended to be interactive in nature, and there will be no pre-established list of speakers. Delegations are encouraged to observe the time limits of two minutes for statements by individual Member States and three minutes for delegations speaking on behalf of a group of States. Member States are invited to indicate their interest to intervene in one of the multi - stakeholder panels, including the name and level of the speaker, through the e-Speakers system, accessible on 31 August 2018, at 10:00. Closed captioning (CART services) will be provided for the opening, plenary and closing segments as well as for the multi-stakeholder panels of the high-level meeting. Delegations are encouraged to submit their statements at least 4 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure accurate transcription. For further information, please refer to the letter by the President of the General Assembly dated 16 August 2018. Document: A/RES/72/274 Links: Accessibility; Website; Letter and e-Speaker Contacts: WHO NYO - Specialized agencies and United Nations entities, funds and programmes - expressions of interest ([email protected], [email protected]): Statements for CART services - Raffaella De Lia and Yasmine Laabas ([email protected]; [email protected]) 11:00 Plenary segment 1 Conference Room 4 In parallel 11:00 Multi-stakeholder panel 1 Trusteeship Council Chamber In parallel 15:00 Plenary segment 2 Conference Room 4 In parallel 4 No. 2018/186 Journal of the United Nations Thursday, 27 September 2018 15:00 Multi-stakeholder panel 2 Trusteeship Council Chamber In parallel 17:30 Closing segment Conference Room 4 The modalities for the high-level meeting are set out in resolution A/RES/72/274. A list of speakers for the plenary segment will be established in accordance with established practices of the General Assembly. Delegations are encouraged to observe the time limits of three minutes for statements by individual Member States and five minutes for delegations speaking on behalf of a group of States. Member States communicated by their respective regional groups to speak during the high-level meeting are encouraged to submit their requests for inscription to the list of speakers through the e-Speakers system, accessible on 31 August 2018, at 10:00. An automated e-mail acknowledgement will be sent within one hour of receipt of the request for inscription. A list of speakers will be circulated prior to the high-level meeting. The two consecutive multi-stakeholder panels will be held in parallel to the plenary segment. Discussions in the multi-stakeholder panels are intended to be interactive in nature, and there will be no pre-established list of speakers. Member States are invited to indicate their interest to intervene in one of the multi - stakeholder panels, including the name and level of the speaker, through the e-Speakers system, accessible on 31 August 2018, at 10:00. Closed captioning (CART services) will be provided for the opening, plenary and closing segments as well as for the multi-stakeholder panels of the high-level meeting. Delegations are encouraged to submit their statements at least 4 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure accurate transcription. For further information, please refer to the letter by
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