Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:20:20
• Production Date: 12 March 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: CEASEFIRES; CONFLICT SITUATION; LOCUSTS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET; VIRUSES
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; EGYPT; IRAQ; MOZAMBIQUE; SYRIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2540504
• Parent Id: 2540504

Description

The Secretary-General has taken the decision the decision to cancel all United Nations system sponsored side events at Headquarters, from 16 March until the end of April, effective immediately.

Turning to Syria, and I have a statement regarding the start of the tenth year of the conflict in Syria: The Syrian conflict has entered its tenth year, yet peace still remains far too elusive.

Turning to Iraq, the UN Mission in that country condemned the latest rocket attack at Camp Taji, which resulted in the loss of life and injury among troops of the Global Coalition to fight Da’esh.

Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy for Yemen, briefed the Security Council by VTC on the situation in Yemen.

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) tells us that gunshots were reported today in Ndele, near the UN compound. Our colleagues said the security situation there continues to be tense.

Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that the desert locust situation remains extremely alarming in the Horn of Africa.

Our friends at the World Food Programme (WFP) say that one year after cyclone Idai, the strongest storm ever to hit Mozambique, limited funding for essential reconstruction is preventing many of the hardest-hit people from getting back on their feet.

Yesterday afternoon we announced that the Secretary-General had designated Stephanie Turco Williams of the United States as his Acting Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in Libya.

We say shukran today to our friends in Egypt, who become the 69th Member State to pay their budget dues in full.

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