Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:13:41
• Production Date: 9 May 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: DIALOGUE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACEKEEPERS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; REFUGEES; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; IRAQ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICRONESIA; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1883730
• Parent Id: 1883213

Description

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic today strongly condemned the attack on one of its convoys last night, near Bangassou (474 km east of Bangui). Initial reports indicated one Cambodian peacekeeper was killed and eight peacekeepers were injured, including one Cambodian and seven Moroccans. In addition, three peacekeepers that had initially been reported missing have been found dead. One peacekeeper remains missing. Eight anti-Balaka fighters were also killed.

The Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017.

The re-intensification of hostilities in northwestern Mosul city, Iraq, is significantly affecting the humanitarian situation. Families continue to arrive at the newly established mustering point at Badoush, northeast of Mosul city along the Syrian highway, where emergency assistance and basic services are being provided by humanitarian partners.

The UN Refugee Agency said today that in the last 24 hours they had received alarming information on two new shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean.

Micronesia has paid its regular budget dues in full, becoming the 96th Member State to have done so.