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Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General
The Secretary-General was very saddened to hear of the passing of Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini of the Kingdom of Eswatini.
The Secretary-General will travel on Wednesday to Berlin, where he will address the German Parliament on Friday morning.
The Secretary-General has a statement on Yemen and the anniversary with the Stockholm Agreement: Today marks the second anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement, a diplomatic breakthrough that offered a glimmer of hope that an end to the devastating conflict in Yemen was at hand.
On Ethiopia, our humanitarian colleagues continue to tell us of dire shortages of food, water, fuel, cash, and electricity, as well as telecommunication services and other vital supplies in the Tigray region.
Turning to Nigeria, we issued a statement in which the Secretary-General strongly condemned the attack on 11 December on a secondary school in Katsina State in Nigeria, and the reported abduction of hundreds of boys by suspected armed bandits.
On Saturday, the Secretary-General, along with the Governments of the United Kingdom and France, co-convened the Climate Ambition Summit. The Summit marked a major milestone on the road to next year’s COP26 in Glasgow in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
Turning to Timor-Leste, the UN team, led by the Resident Coordinator, Roy Trivedy, is helping on several fronts to help address the pandemic, including the socio-economic response and recovery efforts.
A report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that around 1.8 billion people use or work in health care facilities without basic water services. WHO and UNICEF warn that this puts health care workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19 infection.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) today released a report showing that migrants earn nearly 13 per cent less on average than national workers in high-income countries. In some countries, the gap is as much as 42 per cent.
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