Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Video Length: 00:17:47
• Production Date: 20 February 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: CIVILIAN PROTECTION; DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL; DISARMAMENT; ELECTIONS; FLOODS; FOOD AID; FOOD SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; PEACEBUILDING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; TRAVEL; UNITED NATIONS REFORM
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2534202
• Parent Id: 2534202

Description

This morning, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in the Central African Republic and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission there, Mankeur Ndiaye, briefed members of the Security Council. The UN remains very alarmed about the safety and protection of over three million civilians in Idlib and its surrounding areas in northwestern Syria, as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population. At 3p.m. today, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will address members of the Peacebuilding Commission to discuss the 2020 review of the UN’s peacebuilding architecture. Tomorrow, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will head to Zimbabwe to participate in the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. About 6.5 million people in South Sudan – that’s more than half of the country’s population - could be in acute food insecurity at the height of this hunger season, which is traditionally May to July, that’s according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Children's Fund and the World Food Programme. The UN Development Coordination Office announced new Resident Coordinators in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Namibia and Tajikistan. For further details please see SOURCE below.