Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:21:50
• Production Date: 6 January 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: GULF OF ADEN; NIGER; SYRIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2596506
• Parent Id: 2596506

Description

This morning, the Secretary-General spoke to members of the Security Council at the Open Debate on “Challenges of Maintaining Peace and Security in Fragile Contexts.”

Yesterday a statement was issued in which the Secretary-General welcomed the al Ula declaration on "solidarity and stability" announced at the Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, met earlier today with President Hadi in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia.  

The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, as well as the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Muhannad Hadi, strongly condemned two separate events in northern Syria in which improvised explosive devices claimed civilian lives and led to the serious injury of others.

This morning, the Secretary-General spoke by video message to a ministerial meeting of the Stockholm initiative on Nuclear Disarmament.

According to local authorities, over 100 people were killed and more than 25 others were injured, following the 2 January attacks in two villages of the Tillaberi area.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General