{"id":22246,"date":"2015-10-06T17:14:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T21:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?p=22246"},"modified":"2015-10-07T17:50:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:50:43","slug":"opening-statement-at-todays-united-nations-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2015\/10\/06\/opening-statement-at-todays-united-nations-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening statement at today&#8217;s United Nations Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Opening Statement by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, at this afternoon&#8217;s press conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (as delivered)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>06 October 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[brightcove videoID=4537038175001 playerID=1722935254001 height=270 width=480]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We think, like many of you, this is extremely shocking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am deeply shocked regarding the news today concerning the President of 68<sup>th<\/sup> session of the UN General Assembly. It means, like the Secretary-General said this morning, that this is an attack at the very heart of the integrity of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We only learned about it this morning through the news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Neither I, nor my Office has been contacted by US authorities. But of course, we stand ready to engage with all concerned as necessary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Coming from a country which is consistently Number One on the World Transparency Index and having served for 34 years in Danish politics without being rich, I\u2019m certainly shocked about it.<br \/>\nI think the United Nations and its representatives should be held to the highest standards of transparency and ethics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As you remember when I took office for this 70<sup>th<\/sup> session of the UN General Assembly in September, I committed to uphold these principles during my tenure and I am firmly committed to doing so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Corruption has no place at the United Nations or anywhere else.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening Statement by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, at this afternoon&#8217;s press conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (as delivered) 06 October 2015 &nbsp; [brightcove videoID=4537038175001 playerID=1722935254001 height=270 width=480] &nbsp; We think, like many of you, this is extremely shocking. 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