Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:21:42
• Production Date: 7 October 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: CONFERENCES; DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL; HABITAT; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; SECRETARY-GENERAL; SECURITY COUNCIL; TRAVEL
• Geographic Subject: CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; IRAQ; MALI; SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2464782
• Parent Id: 2464782

Description

The Secretary-General spoke at the Security Council’s open debate on preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention and resolution in Africa.

At the end of a joint mission in the Central African Republic, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the head of the Department for Peace Operations, the African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, and the European Union’s Director General for African affairs, Koen Vervaeke, reiterated their support for the full implementation of the peace agreement.

After his trip to the Central African Republic, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the head of the Department for Peace Operations and the African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, arrived in Khartoum, for a two-day visit.

The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, spoke to the Executive Committee of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Geneva today and told the Committee that, time and again, we see how both host communities and refugee populations can benefit from increased development cooperation, including in the areas of education and health.

Turning to Baghdad, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said over the weekend on Twitter that she was deeply saddened by the senseless loss of life in Iraq and added that this must stop.

Over the weekend a statement was issued on Mali in which the Secretary-General strongly condemned two attacks against the United Nations Peacekeeping mission there.

A statement was issued on Cameroon in which the Secretary-General said he is encouraged by the decision announced by President Paul Biya to release Maurice Kamto, the leader of the Mouvement pour la Rennaissance du Cameroun (MRC), as well as 102 members of the party.

The peacekeeping mission in Haiti has reiterated its deep concern about the impact of the political crisis on the population.

In Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency and its partners today kicked off a five-day conference on climate change and the role of nuclear power.

Today is World Habitat Day. In his message, the Secretary-General highlights the central role played by the cities and communities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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