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Journal Unit (E-Mail Journal@Un.Org; Tel No. 2019/188 Saturday, 28 September 2019 Journal of the United Nations Programme of meetings and agenda Saturday, 28 September 2019 Official meetings [To consult the programme of meetings and agenda of Monday, 30 September 2019, please go to page 4.] For changes to the venue or time of meetings of today, please consult the digital Journal at https://journal.un.org/ Digital Journal of the United Nations In accordance with General Assembly resolution 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 Seventy-fourth session 09:00 11th plenary meeting [webcast] General Assembly Hall The List of Speakers is published daily based on the information received as at 18:30 hours the evening before; for the latest updates, please click on the LiveListofSpeakers. Continuation of the general debate - Item 8 Addresses by: His Excellency Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bhutan 19-15840E 19-15840E Think Green! Please recycle No. 2019/188 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 28 September 2019 His Excellency Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda His Excellency Christian Ntsay, Prime Minister and Head of Government, Republic of Madagascar His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Holy See Viet Nam Cambodia Syrian Arab Republic Tuvalu Kyrgyzstan Cuba San Marino Sweden Mexico Botswana South Africa Grenada Marshall Islands Guinea-Bissau Bahrain 15:00 12th plenary meeting [webcast] General Assembly Hall The List of Speakers is published daily based on the information received as at 18:30 hours the evening before; for the latest updates, please click on the LiveListofSpeakers. Continuation of the general debate - Item 8 United Arab Emirates Oman Turkmenistan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Belize Philippines Azerbaijan Myanmar Mongolia Mozambique Guyana 2 No. 2019/188 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 28 September 2019 Nicaragua Yemen Haiti Other meetings The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply any opinion or, endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations. The meetings under this header are open unless otherwise indicated. Saturday, 28 September 2019 Fifth session of the Assembly of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) DOCK (A/RES/70/202) (organized by the Permanent Mission of Grenada) 10:00 - 13:00 Closed meeting Economic and Social Council Chamber Contact: Nerissa Williams ([email protected], 212-599-0301) Press conferences Press Briefing Room (S-0237) [webcast] For the complete list of press conferences, please click on the link below www.un.org/sg/spokesperson/confschedule.asp. 3 No. 2019/188 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 28 September 2019 Monday, 30 September 2019 Official meetings General Assembly Security Council Seventy-fourth session 10:00 8628th meeting Security Council Security Council 09:00 13th plenary meeting General [webcast] Chamber Chamber [webcast] Assembly Hall Adoption of the agenda The List of Speakers is published daily based on the information received as at 18:30 hours the evening The situation in the Middle East before; for the latest updates, please click on the LiveListofSpeakers. Followed by Consultations of Security Council Security Council the whole (closed) Consultations Chamber Continuation of the general debate - Item 8 Room Middle East (Syria) Eritrea Other matters Brunei Darussalam The President of the Security Council for the Togo month of September (Russian Federation) will provide a briefing for Member States of the United Congo Nations which are non-members of the Council on its work for the month, on Monday, 30 September Thailand 2019, at 15:00, in the Economic and Social Council Chamber. Burundi For communications to be published as an official Uruguay document of the Security Council, please email its text in a Microsoft Word format. Timor-Leste For more information, please visit the website of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the Presidency of the Security Council. Communications addressed to the President of Afghanistan the Security Council should be emailed to Canada [email protected]. Link: Website Benin Contact: SCAD SCSB ([email protected], Sri Lanka 212-963-5258). General Assembly Seventy-fourth session Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 10:00 - 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 10 Implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the United Nations 15:00 - 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 10 Activities of the Ethics Office: Report of the Secretary-General Executive meeting 4 No. 2019/188 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 28 September 2019 Forthcoming official meetings General Assembly Seventy-fourth session Informal consultations on the draft resolution on item 74 (a) (Oceans and the law of the sea) 1 October 2019 10:00 - 13:00 Closed Conference Room 6 15:00 - 18:00 Closed Conference Room 6 First Committee Seventy-fourth session 3 October 2019 15:00 - 18:00 Organizational meeting [webcast] Conference Room 4 To consider its provisional programme of work and timetable and indicative timetable for thematic discussions The general debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items will take place from 7 October 2019 to 16 October 2019. The list of speakers for the general debate is open for inscription through the e-deleGATE portal from 9 September 2019 until 8 October 2019. During the general debate, a time limit of 8 minutes for delegations speaking in their national capacity, and 13 minutes for those speaking on behalf of several delegations, should be observed. The thematic discussion will take place from 17 to 31 October 2019. The list of speakers for the thematic discussions will open on 10 October 2019 and close on 22 October 2019, at 18:00. During the thematic discussions, a time limit of five minutes for delegations speaking in their national capacity, and seven minutes for those speaking on behalf of several delegations should be observed. The composition of delegations should be registered through the e-deleGATE portal. Delegations wishing to reserve conference rooms for consultations should contact the secretariat. Delegations wishing their statements to be posted on the PaperSmart portal should send a copy of the statement in PDF format at least one hour in advance of delivery. The date of the meeting and the agenda item should be indicated in the heading of the statement and in the subject line of the e-mail. The statements will be posted on the portal after delivery. Delegations should provide 30 hard copies of the statement for technical services. Contacts: Sonia Elliott, Secretary ([email protected]), Alexander Lomaia (Deputy Secretary) ([email protected]), Irfan Soomro (Intergovernmental Affairs Officer) ([email protected]), Dino Del Vasto (Senior Meetings Services Assistant - Documentation Focal Point) ([email protected]), Victor Leu (First Committee Place et projets de résolution/Responsable des décisions) ([email protected]), Lidija Komatina 5 No. 2019/188 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 28 September 2019 (Meetings Services Assistant - Room Reservations and Facilities Focal Point) ([email protected]), Gerard Cianciulli (List of Speakers and List of Participants Focal Point) ([email protected]), Xiaoyu Wang (Focal point for the First Committee, Office for Disarmament Affairs) ([email protected]), Michael Spies, Office for Disarmament Affairs ([email protected], 212-963-3472), PaperSmart ([email protected]), Accessibility ([email protected], 212-963-7349) _______________________________________________________________________ 7 October 2019 10:00 - 13:00 2nd plenary meeting [webcast] Conference Room 4 The general debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items will take place from 7 October 2019 to 16 October 2019. The list of speakers for the general debate is open for inscription through the e-deleGATE portal from 9 September 2019 until 8 October 2019. During the general debate, a time limit of 8 minutes for delegations speaking in their national capacity, and 13 minutes for those speaking on behalf of several delegations, should be observed. The thematic discussion will take place from 17 October 2019 to 31 October 2019. The list of speakers for the thematic discussions is open from 10 October 2019 to 22 October 2019. During the thematic discussions, a time limit of five minutes for delegations speaking in their national capacity, and seven minutes for those speaking on behalf of several delegations should be observed. The composition of delegations should be registered through the e-deleGATE portal. Delegations wishing to reserve conference rooms for consultations should contact the secretariat. Delegations wishing their statements to be posted on the PaperSmart portal should send a copy of the statement in PDF format at least one hour in advance of delivery. The date of the meeting and the agenda item should be indicated in the heading of the statement and in the subject line of the e-mail. The statements will be posted on the portal after delivery. Delegations should provide 30 hard copies of the statement
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