Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:20:33
• Production Date: 27 February 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME - UNODC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CANNABIS; DRUGS OF ABUSE; HEALTH PROGRAMMES; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; LOCUSTS; PEACE PROCESS; UNITED NATIONS FINANCES; VIRUSES; WOMEN
• Geographic Subject: EAST AFRICA; GERMANY; ISRAEL; MICRONESIA; PERSIAN GULF REGION; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIA; WEST BANK; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2536192
• Parent Id: 2536192

Description

The Secretary-General will speak today at the New School Auditorium at 6:30 p.m, in Greenwich Village. He will be delivering remarks on the topic of “Women and Power.”

Ongoing military operations around Idlib — where more than one million civilians are concentrated and where escalation could easily get out of control — highlight the clear and pressing need for an immediate ceasefire and to end to constant violations of international humanitarian law.

Turning to COVID-19. The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros, said that for the past two days, there were fewer new cases reported in China than in the rest of the world.

The Office of Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy for Yemen, said they have concluded a two-day consultative meeting with Yemeni public and political figures in Jordan.

In a statement, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said he was very concerned about Israel’s recent announcements regarding the advancement of settlement construction in a number of areas in the occupied West Bank.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the locusts continue to spread throughout eastern Africa with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania and Uganda.

UNICEF said that earlier today, 15 children associated with armed groups and armed forces were released.

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) called for increased focus on improving substance use prevention and treatment services to young people.

Germany and Micronesia have paid they budget dues in full, bringing us up to a total of 56 Member States who have paid in full in 2020.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General