Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:09:34
• Production Date: 5 January 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2596182
• Parent Id: 2596182

Description

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed today’s return of negotiators to Doha and said that it looks forward to the speedy resumption of talks between the two Afghan negotiating teams in Qatar.

The Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, will be visiting Riyadh and Aden in the next few days to meet with the Yemeni President and the newly formed Cabinet.

The UN Mission, MINUSCA, reports that the security situation in Bangui remains relatively calm, with the Joint Task Force for Bangui maintaining operational readiness amid increased patrols in the city.

The UN Refugee Agency said today that it continues to register new refugee arrivals at the Sudanese-Ethiopian border.

Today the UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, allocated $1.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund for desert locust control operations in Kenya.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General