Virtual Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:26:25
• Production Date: 19 August 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: ASSASSINATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; MALNUTRITION; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; SECRETARY-GENERAL
• Geographic Subject: BURKINA FASO; LEBANON; LIBYA; MADAGASCAR; MALI; SYRIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2554106
• Parent Id: 2554106

Description

The Secretary-General is continuing to follow developments in Mali very closely and with deep concern.

Today is World Humanitarian Day.

Speaking this morning at the opening of the Inter-parliamentary Union Conference of Speakers of Parliament, the Secretary-General addressed the broad impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, the Security Council had an open meeting on Syria.

In Yemen, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the country, Lise Grande, warns that half of all UN’s major programmes in the country are currently impacted by a lack of funding.

In Lebanon, the Beirut port is temporarily operational.

Earlier today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, appointed the members of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya. They are Mohamed Auajjar of Morocco, Tracy Robinson of Jamaica and Chaloka Beyani of Zambia and the United Kingdom.

In Madagascar, there are more than 13,800 confirmed cases of the virus and 171 deaths in that country. The UN team there, led by the acting Resident Coordinator, Charlotte Faty Ndiaye, is supporting the Government on all fronts, including on the health and socioeconomic responses.

Last week, the UN received a donation of 5,000 nasal swabs from Copan Italia, a company based in Mantua, Italy.

In response to questions received on the situation in Burkina Faso, the Spokesman said the hat the Secretary-General condemns the assassination, last weekend, of El Hadji Cissé, Grand Imam and president of the Muslim community of Djibo, in the Soum province of Burkina Faso.

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