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Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Topics include: Ebola, Security Council on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, CAR, Tsunami
On Ebola, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) are launching today a public fundraising campaign with Tencent, one of the world’s largest Internet companies.
The Security Council is having its meeting on working methods this morning, and this afternoon, at 3 p.m., the Council will meet on a letter sent by a number of countries on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Council members will be briefed by Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.
On the Central African Republic, the UN Mission in that country, MINUSCA [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic], tells us it is concerned about fighting over the weekend in several locations in the country, which also involved armed confrontations between anti-Balaka members and peacekeepers.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says today 10 years after one of the world’s worst natural disaster, which affected hundreds of thousands of people in South and South-East Asia, countries in the region are now better prepared to deal with tragedies like the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
