Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:33:19
• Production Date: 8 February 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPS D'ETAT; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; FLOODS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ETHIOPIA; INDIA; INDONESIA; MYANMAR; SUDAN; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2601373
• Parent Id: 2601373

Description

The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the United States of America to re-engage with the UN Human Rights Council.

This morning, the Secretary-General briefed Member States on the forthcoming UN Climate change Conference, which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom, later this year.

UN agencies today received approval from the Government for 25 international staff to move to the Tigray region.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has begun a two-day visit to Iran. Today, he met with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other Iranian officials.

In response to questions on the situation in Myanmar and U.N. involvement, the Spokesman said that the Secretary-General continues to follow the situation in Myanmar closely and with grave concern. He and his Special Envoy have been reaching out to key international actors, including regional leaders in calling for collective and bilateral action to create conditions for the recent coup in Myanmar to be reversed.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary-General said he is deeply saddened by the reported loss of life and dozens missing following the glacier burst and subsequent flooding in Uttarakhand state.

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic says that the National Assembly in the CAR extended the State of Emergency for six months on Friday, due to security concerns.

In Sudan, a blockade of key roads to Geneina, the regional capital of West Darfur, was lifted yesterday. The lifting of the blockade, which lasted several weeks, will allow humanitarian organizations to scale up assistance to people displaced by the recent violence in West Darfur, both inside and outside Geneina.

In Indonesia, the UN team, led by Resident Coordinator, Valerie Julliand, is supporting national efforts to vaccinate 80 per cent of Indonesia’s population in the next 13 months – that’s more than 216 million people.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General