Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:21:44
• Production Date: 6 March 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS - DPA
• Subject Topical: ARMED GROUPS; CIVIL AVIATION; DISPLACED PERSONS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CYPRUS; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; IRAN; IRAQ; KENYA; MALI; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; WEST AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 1842918
• Parent Id: 1842594

Description

The Secretary-General has arrived in Nairobi. While he is in Kenya, he will meet with President Uhuru Kenyatta and Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed, and he will also participate in a celebration of International Women’s Day on Wednesday.

At the end of a two-day visit to South Sudan, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, called for immediate and unhindered access to people in need of aid and for urgent funding for the humanitarian appeal.

Following his visit to South Sudan, Mr. O’Brien travelled to Somalia today to assess the impact of the severe drought which has left the country on the brink of famine.

The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) reports that two check points held by the Malian armed forces north of Timbuktu were attacked by armed group yesterday afternoon. These groups oppose the installation of the Taoudenit interim authorities scheduled for today and represents a key step in the implementation of the peace agreement.

Over the weekend, the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) said that the threats of the coalition led by the FPRC [Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique] against the UN Mission’s personnel, humanitarian actors and civilian populations are unacceptable.

Civilian displacement out of western Mosul in Iraq continued over the weekend. The number of people displaced from western Mosul alone since the military operation began on 19 February is approaching 46,000. The number of people currently displaced from east and west Mosul combined is 206,500.

On Saturday, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Espen Barth Eide, met with the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akıncı, in Nicosia, following a meeting with the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, on Friday.

Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today addressed its Board of Governors.

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted a new aircraft CO2 emissions standard which will reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate.

Two new reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) on environmental risks have been released.