Daily Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:27:57
• Production Date: 3 December 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; FOOD; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; OCEANS; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; SECURITY COUNCIL; SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ETHIOPIA; FRANCE; MALAWI; SUDAN; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2588082
• Parent Id: 2588082

Description

This morning, the Secretary-General addressed the General Assembly’s Special Session in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This morning, the Security Council held a meeting on security sector reform.

A humanitarian mission has been on the ground in Afar since yesterday to assess the most immediate needs of people displaced by the conflict in Tigray and guide our response.

The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country. That’s according to new information today from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF.

UNICEF today issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal. They are seeking $6.4 billion to reach 300 million people, including more than 190 million children, with essential support and services through the end of 2021.

In an update on the forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic, the Spokesman said the UN Mission in that country is aware of the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic earlier today regarding the candidacies to the presidential election scheduled, as you know, for the end of this year.

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports that the Deputy Special Representative for Operations and Protection, David Gressly, visited Fataki and Bayoo, two villages in Ituri’s Djugu territory, as part of the Mission’s support to local communities and authorities.

The Secretary-General is saddened by the passing of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.

Related to that, the UN team on the ground in Malawi, led by the Resident Coordinator Maria Jose Torres, called on everyone – including the Government, civil society and the private sector – to do more to ensure the full and equal participation of people with disabilities and to achieve the SDGs.

The monthly update on the Food Price Index from the FAO states that global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years.

The report of the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy was launched today.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General