Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:25:51
• Production Date: 8 January 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CHOLERA; HUMAN RIGHTS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; TERRORISM; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; LIBYA; MALI; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 1544628
• Parent Id: 1544466

Description

In a statement, the Secretary-General said he is deeply concerned about the intensification of Coalition airstrikes and ground fighting and shelling in Yemen, despite repeated calls for a renewed cessation of hostilities.

In a statement on Libya yesterday, the Secretary-General condemned the deadly terrorist attack that took place near a police base in Zliten, in western Libya.

In a statement issued late yesterday, the Secretary-General congratulated the President of Sri Lanka and the Government and the people of Sri Lanka on the first year of the country’s political transition.

The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has started today to build two cantonment sites in Northern Mali, one in the Timbuktu region and the other in the Gao region.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that the global supply of oral cholera vaccines is set to double after they approved a third producer, helping to address global shortages and expand access to more countries.

In response to a question on the situation of the contingent from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) serving in the Central African Republic, the Spokesman said that following standard procedure,UN Peacekeeping has recently conducted a pre-deployment assessment on the readiness of the DRC troops being rotated into the peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).