{"id":149401,"date":"2018-04-20T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=149401"},"modified":"2018-04-20T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T22:02:10","slug":"the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n

The Week Ahead<\/strong>\u00a0at the General Assembly of the United Nations<\/strong><\/h1>\n

23-27 April 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change)<\/strong> <\/em><\/h4>\n
<\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n

Monday, 23 April<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address the Forum on Financing for Development, organized by Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), at 10 a.m. in Trusteeship Council Chamber.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will convene an interactive dialogue<\/a> on Harmony with Nature during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, at 10:30 a.m. in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber. The programme is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will deliver opening remarks at a High-Level Roundtable on Security Sector Reforms and Sustaining Peace, co-hosted by the Slovak Republic and the Republic of South Africa on behalf of the UN Group of Friends of Security Sector Reform, at 3 p.m. in Conference Room 3.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address a high-level side event entitled \u201cThe preventive potential of human rights \u2013 what does it mean in practice?\u201d co-organized by the co-chairs of the Human Rights \/ Conflict Prevention caucus at 5 p.m. at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 24 April<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The President of the General Assembly will convene a two-day High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace<\/a>, at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall. It will be the largest gathering<\/a> of world leaders at United Nations Headquarters since the General Debate last September. A media stakeout will be set up on the second floor, outside the main entrance to the General Assembly Hall, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:20 p.m.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will convene two Interactive Dialogues in Conference Room 4. The First Interactive Dialogue will be on \u201cSustainable Financing for Peace\u201d from 3:00 to 4:25 p.m., and the Second Interactive Dialogue will be on \u201cStrengthening the United Nations\u2019 Work on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace in the Field\u201d, from 4:35 to 6 p.m. To learn more about the Interactive Dialogues, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will host a High-Level Luncheon on \u201cA New Approach to Peace\u201d at 1:15 p.m. in the Delegates Dining Room on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace<\/a> (upon invitation only).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will deliver remarks at a side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations, entitled \u201cCommemorative Ceremony to mark the Centenary of the End of the First World War\u201d at 6 p.m. at the Delegates Entrance.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 25 April<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address a High-Level Breakfast Conversation on Gender and Sustaining Peace co-organized by Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Germany and Switzerland at 8.30 a.m. at the Delegates Dining Room.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will convene two Interactive Dialogues in Conference Room 4. One, on \u201cStrategic Partnerships with the United Nations in the Field for Peace,\u201d will take place from 10:00 \u2013 11:25 a.m., and another, on a \u201cUN Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Peace,\u201d will be held from 11:30 a.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m. To learn more about the Interactive Dialogues, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address a side event on Post-conflict Peacebuilding and Reconciliation organized by the Permanent Missions of Indonesia and Timor-Leste to the United Nations, at 10 a.m. in Conference Room 5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address the side event, entitled \u201cPathways for Peace\u201d, organized by the Permanent Missions of Sweden, Kenya, Romania, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Colombia, and the United Kingdom; the World Bank; and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), from 1:15 \u2013 2:30 p.m., in Conference Room 12.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 26 <\/strong>April<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The President of the General Assembly will address the opening segment of the Parliamentary Consultation on the UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis at 9:30 a.m..<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 27 April<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As part of the collaboration between the Office of the President of the General Assembly and Lehigh University, the President will attend presentations by Master of Business Administration students on Sustainable Development Goals 4, 6, 8 and 9, in Conference Room 12, at 11 a.m. (closed meeting).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly will hold the fourth thematic debate<\/a> on strengthening the accountability, transparency and institutional memory of the Office of the President of the General Assembly, at 10 a.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Week Ahead at the General Assembly of the United Nations (23-27 April 2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-week-ahead","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nTHE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Week Ahead at the General Assembly of the United Nations (23-27 April 2018)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096\"},\"headline\":\"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018)\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":793,\"articleSection\":[\"The Week Ahead\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/20\\\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/\",\"name\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"description\":\"President of the 72nd Session\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096\",\"name\":\"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/author\\\/sharifa-alnesfun-org\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations","og_description":"The Week Ahead at the General Assembly of the United Nations (23-27 April 2018)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/","og_site_name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","article_published_time":"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00","author":"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/#\/schema\/person\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096"},"headline":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018)","datePublished":"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/"},"wordCount":793,"articleSection":["The Week Ahead"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/","name":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018) - General Assembly of the United Nations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-20T22:02:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/#\/schema\/person\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/04\/20\/the-week-ahead-at-the-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-23-27-april-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (23-27 APRIL 2018)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/","name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","description":"President of the 72nd Session","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/#\/schema\/person\/e633fdf13420126ec19e8d7134a02096","name":"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73f99484ca19be10ca3c6435c54bb768f6eb290557b2df73e3f59ebf8691db89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sharifa Yousef A. S. Alnesf"},"url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/author\/sharifa-alnesfun-org\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}