Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the President of Economic and Social Council on Monday 2 October 2017
16.10.2017 / 21:02 | Aktualizováno: 16.10.2017 / 21:06
The President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, H.E Mr. Miroslav Lajčák met, for the first time, with the President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. Ms. Marie Chatardová, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations on Monday 2 October 2017 as part of their efforts to strengthen relations between the principal organs of the UN and ensure close collaboration and coherence in the work of the General Assembly and ECOSOC. The two Presidents agreed to meet regularly, preferably on a monthly basis.
The two Presidents exchanged views on recent events and developments on issues, which the two organs have a shared interest and highlight where they can work together, in particular the issues of the ECOSOC review process, alignment of agendas of all bodies of the UN with the 2030 Agenda, Joint Meetings of the ECOSOC and Second Committee and the 2018 ECOSOC Special Meeting.
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Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the President of ECOSOC (PDF, 83 KB)