Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:11:46
• Production Date: 21 January 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM; WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL; FOOD SECURITY; HOLOCAUST; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUNGER; SECRETARY-GENERAL; TRAVEL
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 2523914
• Parent Id: 2523914

Description

The Secretary-General will arrive in Davos, on Thursday morning to attend this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF).

This afternoon, at 1:15pm, the Secretary-General will speak at the opening of an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

This afternoon, the Deputy Secretary-General will be travelling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to deliver a keynote speech on “Africa Rising: the Role of Business and Entrepreneurship in overcoming the Complexities of the Continent”.

Rosemary DiCarlo, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefed the Security Council this morning on the situation in the Middle East.

The UN and its humanitarian agencies are supporting the Government-led response efforts to the heavy rain, snowfall and avalanches in Pakistan.

Today, the World Food Programme unveiled the “HungerMap LIVE”, a new tool that monitors food security in more than 90 countries and that also issues predictions for areas where data is limited.

In Geneva tomorrow, the World Health Organization’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros, will convene an Emergency Committee meeting on the coronavirus.

For further details please see SOURCE below.
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General