Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:21:05
• Production Date: 18 December 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CANCER; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; MIGRANTS; PEACE PROCESS; WOMEN
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST; SUDAN; SYRIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2516408
• Parent Id: 2516408

Description

The Secretary-General is in Rome, and in a few minutes, he will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, to be followed by a joint press stakeout.

Today is International Migrants Day.

Nickolay Mladenov, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security Council this morning and said that, unfortunately, violence has continued in the region. Meanwhile, inflammatory actions and rhetoric have also continued. He added that no steps were taken during the reporting period to “cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” as demanded in resolution 2234.

Najat Rochdi, the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the Special Envoy for Syria, today condemned the recent intensification of hostilities in northwest Syria, in particular aerial bombardments and the reported use of barrel bombs that killed civilians, including women and children.

The members of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) concerning Hudaydah, will hold their seventh joint meeting today and tomorrow, aboard the UN-flagged vessel and that meeting will take place in international waters.

The Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez Taranco spoke on behalf of the Deputy Secretary-General at the Peacebuilding Commission this morning and discussed her participation in last week’s Aswan Forum which took place in Egypt. In the remarks he said that the Forum had served as a useful platform for addressing the root causes of crisis in Africa, recognizing the commitment of African States towards sustaining peace and development, and championing African-led solutions.

The World Food Programme (WFP) today announced what it calls a significant breakthrough in humanitarian access by providing 10,000 people with food in Yabus, in a town in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile State.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said today that children and young people from around the world have taken to the streets recently to demand their rights, calling for a fairer world for everyone, everywhere.

Just a last note, earlier today, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified its first biosimilar medicine in a move that could make this expensive, life-saving treatment more affordable and available to women globally.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General