The U.N. Correspondents Association 2015 Executive Committee annual luncheon with the U.N. Secretary-General took place on Wednesday, February 4th in the U.N. Delegates Dining Room.
Top Row, from left:
Melissa Kent (CBC/Radio Canada); Nabil Abi Saab (Al-Hurra TV); Valeria Robecco (ANSA News Agency); Kahraman Halicelik (Turkish Radio & TV); Hua Jiang (Acting Director, News & Media Division); Talal Al-Haj (Al-Arabiya News Channel); Farhan Haq (Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General); Gu Zhenqiu (Xinhua News Agency); Emoke Bebiak (DPA, German Press Agency); Richard Amdur (Director of Communications & Speech writing, Executive Office of the Secretary-General)
Bottom Row, from left:Stephane Dujarric (Spokesperson for the Secretary-General); Michell Nichols (Reuters); Ali Barada (An-Nahar/France 24); Cristina Gallach (Under Scretary-General, Communications & Public Information); U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Giampaolo Pioli (Quotidiano Nazionale, UNCA President); Bouchra Benyoussef (Maghreb Arab Press); Seana Magee (Kyodo News Agency); Sherwin Bryce-Pease (South African Broadcasting)
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إنضموا الينا اليوم في الشارع الديبلوماسي @AlArabiya الساعة 19:03 مساء بتوقيت #العراق و #السعودية، لمتابعة لقاء حصري مطول ومباشر مع وزير خارجية #العراق د. فؤاد حسين على هامش أعمال الجمعية العامة #UNGA76. وسنثير معه وبالدرجة الاولى قضايا تتعلق بالسياسة الخارجية للعراق، وملفات أخرى! pic.twitter.com/NAPv8sSgDD
— Talal Al-Haj (@TalalAlhaj) September 22, 2021
إنضموا الينا اليوم في الشارع الديبلوماسي @AlArabiya الساعة 19:03 مساء بتوقيت #العراق و #السعودية، لمتابعة لقاء حصري مطول ومباشر مع وزير خارجية #العراق د. فؤاد حسين على هامش أعمال الجمعية العامة #UNGA76. وسنثير معه وبالدرجة الاولى قضايا تتعلق بالسياسة الخارجية للعراق، وملفات أخرى!
On Sep 15, Secretary-General received communication from the Afghan mission to UN signed by Permanent Representative Ghulam Isaczai. The 2 communications have been sent to the Credentials Committee which will decide who sits at Afghanistan's seat at the United Nations. @PTI_News twitter.com/Yoshita_Singh/…
The Taliban letter dated Sep 20 is signed by Ameer Khan Muttaqi as Minister of Foreign Affairs. It says mission of the Permanent Representative is considered over & a new Permanent Representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, is nominated. @PTI_News https://t.co/WhXGyuuVxi
— Yoshita Singh योषिता सिंह (@Yoshita_Singh) September 22, 2021
The Taliban letter dated Sep 20 is signed by Ameer Khan Muttaqi as Minister of Foreign Affairs. It says mission of the Permanent Representative is considered over & a new Permanent Representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, is nominated. @PTI_News twitter.com/Yoshita_Singh/…
#BREAKING: The Taliban have written to @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres asking to participate in the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly & have nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's new envoy at the United Nations. @PTI_News
— Yoshita Singh योषिता सिंह (@Yoshita_Singh) September 21, 2021
Brazil's health minister tests positive for COVID-19 in NYC reut.rs/39vIg9K
Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for #COVID19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA in New York on Tuesday, the government said. By @AnthonyBoadle reut.rs/39vIg9K
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Willie Garson, a veteran actor known for his work on the "Sex and the City" series and films, has died, his son says. He was 57. https://t.co/gJzT4MAWbx
— CNN (@CNN) September 22, 2021
In Biden’s UN Debut as President, He Says America Is Ready for Diplomacy passblue.com/2021/09/21/in-…
Suhail Shaheen appointed as Afghanistan's UN ambassador bignewsnetwork.com/news/271249924…
Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows @alanfeuer nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/…
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Senior @StateDept official: “It will take some time to deliberate. We will obviously follow this issue closely and deliberate along with other members of the credentials committee.” Deputy Russia UN Amb @Dpol_un said: “It’s a matter of credentials committee.” #Afghanistan #UNGA
Sad :( twitter.com/Variety/status…
Willie Garson, ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘White Collar’ Actor, Dies at 57 https://t.co/HFBCIj1ibZ
— Variety (@Variety) September 21, 2021
#Biden to UK's Boris Johnson: You came down on Amtrak [to DC], is that right? I did. And you’re a living deity Biden: I am. Johnson: on Amtrak, I can tell you. Biden: I’ve traveled millions of miles. You think I’m joking. Johnson: They love you. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
UN Chief @antonioguterres encouraged by today’s pledges by #US/ #China (the world’s two largest economies) on #ClimateAction but: “Based on the present emissions reduction commitments of Member States the world is on a *catastrophic* pathway to 2.7 degrees of heating…” 👇
#UN Secretary General @antonioguterres welcomes the announcement made by #China’s President Xi:“Accelerating the global phase out of #coal is the single most important step to keep the 1.5-degree goal of the ParisAgreement within reach” #UNGA76 twitter.com/karlmathiesen/…
BREAK: Xi Jinping says China will stop building coal plants overseas. This almost completely ends the international finance of coal in a single sentence.
— Karl Mathiesen (@KarlMathiesen) September 21, 2021
