Virtual Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:16:22
• Production Date: 10 September 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS; UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; DATA COLLECTION; SECRETARY-GENERAL; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; LEBANON; LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2556962
• Parent Id: 2556962

Description

The Secretary-General this morning spoke at the virtual inaugural meeting of the Facilitation Council of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. He pointed out that we continue to struggle collectively to make all the decisions and devote all the resources we need to defeat the COVID-19 virus.

The Secretary-General spoke by video link at the opening segment of the High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace. He warned that COVID-19 is exposing and exploiting risks not only to our health, but to our economies, societies, and our future.

In a statement issued yesterday evening the Secretary-General strongly condemned the attack in Kabul on the official convoy of First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.

This morning, at an in-person session of the Security Council, members adopted a Presidential Statement on the protection of schools from attack.

The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams, warmly welcomed the outcomes of consultations among key Libyan stakeholders that took place in Montreux under the auspices of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Those took place between 7-9 September.

The emergency humanitarian response continues to keep pace with the evolving needs before longer-term recovery and reconstruction begins.

According to a UNICEF nutrition survey, over 535,500 children under the age of five year are acutely malnourished, including 156,000 who suffer from severe acute malnutrition and are at imminent risk of death.

The UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan hosted a special peace conference in Juba yesterday to help end ongoing fighting between armed groups in the Jonglei region.

The UN Mission in Central African Republic reports that its Permanent Operation Base in Nana-Bakassa, in the Ouham Prefecture, was attacked on Monday by armed anti-Balaka combatants.

The UN team in Brazil, led by Resident Coordinator Niky Fabiancic, joined a national meeting with congress and civil society representatives to boost prevention among people without homes or living in the streets.

The Development Coordination Office on the COVID-19 Data Portal tracks our work to recover better from the pandemic. 120 countries and territories are covered by 104 UN country team-backed response plans. The total cost for these plans amounts to $35 billion.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General