Opening remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the launch of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls

New York, 20 September 2017 Check against delivery! Thank you very much. First and foremost, I would like to thank António [Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations], Amina [Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations], Neven [Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development], but all of you because it is not so usual, I understand, to have a full house for a side event , but what a side event we have put in place! Thank you all for coming,