Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:25:00
• Production Date: 15 February 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Subject Topical: EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; GUINEA; LIBYA; MALI; MYANMAR; SOMALIA; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2602302
• Parent Id: 2602302

Description

In a statement on Myanmar yesterday, the Secretary-General said he is deeply concerned about the situation in the country, including the increasing use of force and the reported deployment of additional armoured vehicles to major cities.

This weekend, a statement was issued in which the Secretary-General condemned the complex attack by unidentified armed elements against a temporary operating base of the United Nations Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali in Kerena, in the Douentza region.

Last week, the Special Envoy for Libya, Ján Kubiš, conducted his introductory calls with key Libyan interlocutors, including the President of the High Council of State, the Deputy President of the Presidency Council, and the Minister of Interior.

We confirm that on 1 March, the UN will convene a virtual high-level pledging event for the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to be co-hosted by the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland. Pledges to address the dire needs in the country will be announced at the event.

A new report issued today by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan warns that the period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has witnessed a sharp number of killings of human rights defenders and media professionals in the country.

On Somalia, the Federal Government and the United Nations are asking for $1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 4 million people across Somalia this year.

The World Health Organization today said that health authorities in Guinea have declared an Ebola outbreak in the rural community in N’Zerekore prefecture.

The Secretary-General has appointed Peter Grohmann of Germany as the new Resident Coordinator in Mexico and David Gressly of the United States as the Resident Coordinator in Yemen.

Our thanks go to Australia and Estonia for payments to the regular budget. So far, 43 Member States have paid their regular budget assessment in full.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General