Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:15:01
• Production Date: 24 January 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES - ECCAS; INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE - ICJ; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION - IOM; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR; UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR CENTRAL AFRICA - UNOCA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS; BOOKS; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; EDUCATION; GENOCIDE; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOLOCAUST; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; MIGRANTS; POLITICAL AFFAIRS; SECRETARY-GENERAL; TRAVEL; VIRUSES
• Geographic Subject: CAMEROON; CHINA; GAMBIA; GUATEMALA; MALI; MYANMAR; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2525409
• Parent Id: 2525409

Description

Today, the Secretary-General held a number of bilateral meetings, including with Nechirvan Barazani, the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with whom he discussed the security, political, and humanitarian situation in Iraq and the region.

Today, the Secretary-General is announcing the appointment of Raouf Mazou of the Republic of the Congo as Assistant High Commissioner for Operations in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Yesterday afternoon, a statement was issued concerning the order of the International Court of Justice concerning the case The Gambia vs. Myanmar.

Yesterday evening in Geneva, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was not declaring the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern at this time.

The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix will travel to Mali from this Sunday (26) until the 30th of January.

François Louncény Fall, the Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), and Ahmad Allam-Mi, the Secretary General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), have just concluded a 5-day visit to Cameroon, ahead of the legislative and municipal elections, scheduled to take place on 9 February.

Martin Griffiths, in a tweet, offered his heartfelt condolences to Yemeni MP Hussein Al-Sawadi, following reports that members of his family, including a child, were killed when a missile hit his residence.

In Guatemala, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) is providing food, medical care, housing, and transportation and facilitated the return of more than 140 migrants who voluntarily decided to go back to their countries of origin after arriving in Guatemala from Honduras, in the latest migrant caravan.

Today, from 1:00-2:00pm at the UN Bookshop, award-winning author and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez will present her best-selling book called "Invisible Women", which is an exposé on how data collection systems fail to account for gender and consequentially have far-reaching, profound effects on women everywhere.

Bulgaria and Malaysia have paid their budget dues in full.

Today is the 2nd International Day of Education.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General