Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:16:04
• Production Date: 18 December 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS; MIGRANTS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; LIBERIA; LIBYA; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1535339
• Parent Id: 1535214

Description

The Secretary-General and his Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, participated this morning in the meeting of the International Syria Support Group that is taking place in New York.

Yesterday, the Secretary-General welcomed the historic signing of the Libyan Political Agreement by participants of the UN-facilitated dialogue.

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) reports that the National Electoral Authority (NEA) announced yesterday that 90 per cent of voters are in favour of the new Constitution, according to partial election results related only to the capital Bangui.
Results from the provinces are still being collected.

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) reports that yesterday, another camp from the armed group Force de Résistance Patriotique de l'Ituri (FRPI) was taken over in Ituri province.

A new report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) documents the negative impact of some traditional and cultural practices on human rights.

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is concerned that the number of children under five and women suffering from malnutrition in areas of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger affected by Boko Haram violence may rise even further.

Global production of all major wood products is showing its largest growth since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, according to new data published today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Marking International Migrants Day today, the Secretary-General said in a message that 2015 will be remembered as a year of human suffering and migrant tragedies.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today that this year is likely to see a record level of global forced displacement, with nearly one million people having crossed the Mediterranean so far and conflicts in Syria and elsewhere continuing to generate staggering levels of human suffering.