Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:24:51
• Production Date: 27 July 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO; OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; ELECTIONS; CONFLICT SITUATION; PEACE; VIOLENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA; YEMEN; BURUNDI; SOUTH SUDAN; IRAQ; CYPRUS; MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: 1409881
• Parent Id: 1409131

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I have a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the attack on Jazeera Hotel in Somalia. The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated by Al-Shabaab yesterday on the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu.

And in a statement we issued yesterday evening, the Secretary-General welcomed the announcement by the Saudi-led Coalition of a unilateral five-day, renewable humanitarian pause in Yemen, which began overnight on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the UN Electoral Observation Mission (MENUB) in Burundi has given its preliminary statement regarding the conduct of the presidential elections of July 21st in Burundi.

And from South Sudan, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, wrapped up his four-day visit to the country over the weekend. He is now back in New York.

And as you would have seen a few minutes ago, the Secretary-General spoke at the adoption of the outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development — and that took place, he spoke in the General Assembly Hall.

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said he was concerned by recent incidents and heightened tensions in and around the holy sites of the Old City of Jerusalem, and he called upon people on all sides to maintain calm.

And the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, confirmed today that 184 frontline health services have been suspended because of the paralyzing funding shortfall for humanitarian activities in Iraq.

And turning to Cyprus, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, told reporters today that the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders continue to make progress towards their shared vision of a united, federal Cyprus.

Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that an estimated 6.3 million people, or every second person who injects drugs, is living with Hepatitis C.