Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:19:06
• Production Date: 27 January 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; FOOD SECURITY; HOLOCAUST; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; REFUGEES; VACCINATION
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; BRAZIL; EGYPT; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2599812
• Parent Id: 2599812

Description

Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., the Secretary-General will hold a press conference on his priorities for 2021. Earlier in the day, he will deliver remarks to the General Assembly.

Speaking by video message at the virtual event to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the Secretary-General paid tribute to the memory of all the victims of the Holocaust.

The Secretary-General spoke by pre-recorded video message at a high-level webinar today on the African COVID-19 vaccine financing and deployment strategy.

In Yemen, the risk of famine continues to rise. Our humanitarian colleagues inform us that around 50,000 Yemenis are already living in famine-like conditions today, with five million more just one step away.

Regarding floods and winter conditions in Syria, as of yesterday, 26 January, more than 67,000 internally displaced people in almost 200 sites throughout the northwest of the country have been affected, with nearly 11,500 tents either destroyed or damaged. One death and three injuries have been confirmed as a result.

The UN Mission in South Sudan recently trained traditional leaders on conflict management and reconciliation processes in Malakal in Upper Nile state.

This month marks the 30th anniversary since the civil war broke out in Somalia.

The Security Council here held a closed-door meeting this morning and heard from the head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Natalia Gherman, who also serves as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative.

In Brazil, the UN team has been supporting the public health system in the Northern state of Amazonas, which is currently struggling to cope with the impact of the pandemic.

Egypt’s massive vaccination plan – one of the largest among Arab States – began this week with technical support from UN experts. The UN conducted risk assessment as part of the COVAX requirements.

In her annual report to the Human Rights Council, Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said that she is deeply concerned about the pandemic’s adverse impact on children affected by armed conflict.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released its 2021 strategic action plan today, calling on the international community to do more to save lives of refugees taking risky routes towards the Mediterranean.

We warmly thank Slovakia for making it onto the Honour Roll, bringing the total number of countries which have paid their budget dues in full to 20.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General