Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:18:27
• Production Date: 17 February 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; SECRETARY-GENERAL; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 2602797
• Parent Id: 2602797

Description

This morning the Secretary-General spoke at the Security Council’s open meeting on COVID-19 vaccination.

Tomorrow, at 11:00 a.m., the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, will brief journalists on the triple emergencies of climate, biodiversity, and pollution, which are the focus of the latest report by UNEP.

The Secretary-General is appointing Usha Rao-Monari of India as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

On the Ebola outbreaks in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, vaccination teams are working in the northeast of the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as other partners are mobilizing to support the response, rehabilitating treatment centres and boosting contact-tracing capacity.

On Somalia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that more than 2.6 million people in the country are expected to be in extreme food insecurity.

The Secretary-General has congratulated Karim Khan on his election as the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Cyprus, Philippines and France have now paid its regular budget dues, taking it up to 46 fully paid-up Member States.

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Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General