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Briefing by Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has departed India, following a day in which he met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. He also planted a tree at the Ministry of the Environment.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, briefed the Security Council this morning. She said that, during the past six months, the country continued to make important progress towards sustainable peace and sustained economic recovery.
The joint African Union-United Nations [Hybrid Operation] in Darfur, UNAMID, reports that, on 11 January, in North Darfur, a mission team going from the Tawilla Team Site to Martalat, north-east of Jebel Marra, was stopped at a Sudanese Armed Forces checkpoint.
On Nigeria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says that it deeply deplores the vicious, ruthless attacks against civilians in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Baga, where Boko Haram has reportedly been operating since 3 January.
The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, is currently in Tokyo, Japan, for a series of meetings with Japanese officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence.
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) has delivered warm clothing, blankets, heating supplies, cash and vouchers to more than 900,000 children in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey as the harsh winter season continues.
