>>/142351/ >>/142352/ >>/142353/ >>/142354/ 9:00 AM EDT 22nd Meeting - 56th Regular Session of Human Rights Council - 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council (18 June – 12 July 2024) United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10/k103rdogju 9:00 AM EDT Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EDT Hampton Roads Military Community Employer Connect (Peninsula) - Newport News, Virginia Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/64652/ 9:00 AM EDT Hampton Roads Military Community Employer Connect (Southside) - Norfolk, Virginia Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/64654/ 9:00 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-july-2-2024/ 9:30 AM EDT Participation by Ms Board member Christine Lagarde in policy panel at ECB Forum on Central Banking 2024 "Monetary policy in an era of transformation" in Sintra, Portugal European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20240701_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html 10:00 AM EDT (Part 1) Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference - As mandated in the General Assembly resolution 78/128, the President of the General Assembly will convene a preparatory meeting, on 2 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, to be chaired by the two host countries of the Conference, Costa Rica and France, to consider the themes for the Ocean Action panels and elements for the declaration, taking into the call by Member States for a brief, concise, action-oriented and intergovernmentally agreed declaration. United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k123uzfvup 10:00 AM EDT Aerospace Nation: Want Better Results in Ukraine? Senior Leader Views The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/event/want 10:00 AM EDT Force Design: A Conversation With General Eric Smith, 39th Commandant of the US Marine Corps Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/force-design-a-conversation-with-general-eric-smith-39th-commandant-of-the-us-marine-corps/ - Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith discusses Force Design at 10 a.m. EDT at an in-person/online Brookings Institution event, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D.C. Register at brookings.edu. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-07-02/ - Marine Corps Commandant Discusses Force Readiness Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith discusses force readiness at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. https://www.c-span.org/video/?536700-1/marine-corps-commandant-discusses-force-readiness 10:00 AM EDT Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts an enhanced honor cordon and meeting welcoming Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Pentagon at 10 a.m. EDT on the steps of the River Entrance. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-07-02/ 10:00 AM EDT The President receives the President's Daily Brief The White House https://rollcall.com/factbase/biden/calendar/ 5