Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:17:10
• Production Date: 10 July 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; MIGRANTS; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PEACEKEEPERS; POLITICAL AFFAIRS; REFUGEES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; COLOMBIA; EUROPE; IRAQ; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIA; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 1927694
• Parent Id: 1927379

Description

The Secretary-General is on his way back to New York.

In a statement issued earlier, the Secretary-General said that the recovery of Mosul is a significant step in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism.

The latest round of talks among the Syrian parties began today in Geneva. Speaking to the press, Staffan de Mistura, the Special Envoy for Syria, noted that we are witnessing a phase of simplification of one of the most complex conflicts of our time.

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports that peacekeepers on Saturday prevented the abduction of internally displaced people by two armed individuals wearing uniforms of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) outside the protection of civilians site in Bentiu in Unity State. A Mongolian Quick Reaction Force was deployed to the scene when the UN Mission first noticed the soldiers harassing the civilians. The peacekeepers fired warning shots over the heads of the soldiers who were also behaving aggressively towards the peacekeepers, including firing at them. The soldiers fled in the bush. No casualties were reported.

The Security Council today adopted a resolution to establish a political mission in Colombia, called the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for an initial period of 12 months, headed by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General. That Mission will begin its activities on 26 September of this year.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia, Michael Keating, welcomed the opening of the second session of the Somali Parliament.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the unprecedented cholera outbreak in Yemen has surged passed 300,000 suspected cases with over 1,700 associated deaths in just 75 days, since 27 April.

In Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said it will be able to provide food assistance to more than 577,000 people in need thanks to a $20 million dollar contribution by the United States.

UNHCR, UNICEF, and the International Rescue Committee, today issued a Roadmap for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or care givers.