Daily Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:13:41
• Production Date: 22 October 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION - IOM; UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR; UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; EDUCATION; ROHINGYA MUSLIMS; SECURITY COUNCIL; UN DAY
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; COLOMBIA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2574868
• Parent Id: 2574868

Description

Ahead of UN Day, which, as you know is on October 24th, the Secretary-General is speaking just about now at a virtual event in the General Assembly Hall.

This morning, the Secretary-General spoke by video message to the virtual Global Education Meeting, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and co-hosted by the Governments of Ghana, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The Security Council is meeting in person today on Sudan and South Sudan. Briefing Council members, the UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga noted that the preventive measures applied by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) appear to have been successful in weakening the spread of COVID-19 in the region.

The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that the roll-out of newly approved antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 in Africa will significantly boost testing capacity and make a game changer in the continent’s fight against the pandemic.

In Colombia, the acting UN Resident Coordinator there, Jessica Faieta, is leading our team’s work to support national and local efforts to save lives and livelihoods, in coordination with the UN Verification Mission on the peace and security front.

Today, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is co-hosting, along with the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union, a virtual donor conference to help the Rohingya, both inside and outside Myanmar.

For further details please see SOURCE below.
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General