Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:16:50
• Production Date: 4 August 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: DIALOGUE; HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS; MIGRANTS; OLYMPIC GAMES; REFUGEES; SECURITY COUNCIL WORK; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
• Geographic Subject: BRAZIL; DARFUR; IRAQ; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1686985
• Parent Id: 1649622

Description

The Secretary-General has just arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will attend the opening of the Olympic Games and participate in the Olympic torch relay tomorrow.

From Geneva, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today published a report on recent fighting in South Sudan.

Our humanitarian colleagues report that an outbreak of Hepatitis E virus has been declared in Sortony, North Darfur, with 134 suspected cases of Acute Jaundice Syndrome reported.

The Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Ramzy Ezzeldine Ramzy, spoke to reporters in Geneva today to reiterate the Special Envoy’s commitment to holding the intra-Syrian talks by the end of the August. For these talks to be fruitful, he added, the cessation of hostilities has to stand and be reinforced.

In a statement issued yesterday on the second anniversary of the seizure of Sinjar by Da’esh, the Secretary-General reiterated his strong condemnation of the heinous crimes that continue to be committed by Da’esh against the diverse ethnic and religious communities of Iraq.

The Secretary-General will send messages to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Ceremonies to commemorate the 71st anniversary of their atomic bombings, respectively on 6 and 9 August. They will be delivered by Mr. Kim Won-soo, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who will participate in the ceremonies on his behalf.

The UN Refugee Agency today welcomed the draft declaration on refugees and migrants reached Tuesday by the General Assembly.