Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:42:55
• Production Date: 3 February 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO; OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: ASYLUM SEEKERS; CONFLICT SITUATION; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; LOCUSTS; MEDICAL TREATMENT; MIGRANTS; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; PEST MANAGEMENT; SECURITY COUNCIL; SECURITY SITUATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; UNITED NATIONS FINANCES; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; LIBYA; MEXICO; SAHEL; SYRIA; UGANDA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2527772
• Parent Id: 2527772

Description

The United Nations remains alarmed about the safety and protection of over 3 million civilians in Idlib in Syria as well as the surrounding areas, over half of whom are internally displaced.

Today was the maiden voyage of the medical air bridge operation that brought a number of Yemeni patients out of an initial group of 30 along with their respective travel companions from Sanaa to Amman.

The 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission started its meeting under UN auspices at the UN office in Geneva today.

UN peacekeepers forced the UPC group, the Union for Peace armed group to abandon its position in the center of Alindao, and to end all circulation of its armed forces in the city.

Today the UN Children’s Fund as well as the World Food Programme and the Food and Agricultural Organization warned that over the last year there has been a spike in the Sahel in the number of people lacking food and vital livelihood opportunities.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Somalia has now declared the desert locust outbreak a national emergency.

In Mexico, the UN Children’s Fund estimates that some 2,200 migrants and asylum seekers, including 700 children have been stranded in Matamoros near the U.S. border as they wait for their asylum cases to work their way through the U.S. court system.

The Secretary-General’s Youth Envoy launched its call for applications for the 2020 Class of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals on Sunday, 2 February 2020.

Tomorrow at 11 a.m., the Secretary-General will have a press conference to speak about his priorities for 2020.

Cabo Verde’s s payment to the regular budget arrived before the 30-day cut off date of 1 February. This brings the Honour Roll up to 35 fully paid up nations.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General