Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General and WHO Official on Ebola Outbreak in DRC

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General followed by Peter Salama (on screen), Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response at the World Health Organization (WHO), briefs reporters, via videoconference, on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:44:08
• Production Date: 25 May 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Subject Topical: AIRLINES; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; INVESTIGATION; JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ETHIOPIA; FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA; GREECE; GUATEMALA; LIBYA; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; SOMALIA; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2162417
• Parent Id: 2162251

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The Secretary-General, accompanied by the Deputy Secretary-General, is convening today the 14th Seminar for his current Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys, which is taking place in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland.

The Secretary-General has taken note with concern the latest report on the downing of MH17.

Matthew Nimetz, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, spoke to reporters today about discussions he held over the past one and a half days with the Foreign Ministers of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The UN Mission in Libya has condemned the car bomb attack that took place today in Benghazi. The attack targeted a populated residential neighbourhood and left at least seven dead, including a toddler, and more than 10 injured.

In Somalia, the United Nations and its partners expressed concern over today’s armed clashes near the Tukaraq area between Puntland and ‘Somaliland.’

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Government in Ethiopia are today highlighting critical response priorities and funding gaps following a review of the humanitarian situation in the country.

Yesterday, Mark Lowcock, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement that he is extremely concerned by recent developments in Yemen, where, over the past few weeks, we have seen an escalation in conflict, growing restrictions on humanitarian action and a reduction in essential commercial imports.

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic reports that investigations are ongoing in Bria (Haute Kotto) where, earlier today, UN Police arrested an anti-Balaka leader on suspicion of involvement in an attack on a Formed Police Unit patrol that resulted in the death of a peacekeeper in December last year.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, welcomed the ruling issued unanimously in Guatemala against four high-ranking former military officials for crimes against humanity, aggravated sexual violence and enforced disappearance.

Today is Africa Day. In his message for the Day, the Secretary-General said that Africa is increasingly driving its own future and highlighted the relationship between the African Union and the UN. Over the past two years, both organizations have signed agreements on peace and security as well as the implementation of complementary development agendas, he said.

Myanmar has paid its regular budget dues, bringing the Honour Roll to 100.