Daily Press Briefing: General Assembly President, Syria, Burkina Faso/Statement, Burkina Faso/Humanitarian, Security Council, Sri Lanka, Namibia/Covid-19, Covax, Sustainable Development, World Food Safety Day, Press Briefing Tomorrow

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:22:54
• Production Date: 7 June 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; ELECTIONS; FOOD; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VACCINATION
• Geographic Subject: BURKINA FASO; NAMIBIA; SRI LANKA; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2626970
• Parent Id: 2626970

Description

Today, Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives was elected as the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Turning to Syria, I can tell you we remain very concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation for 13.4 million people in need throughout the country.

Turning to Burkina Faso, you will have seen that, over the weekend, we issued a statement in which the Secretary-General expressed his outrage at the killing of over a hundred civilians, including seven children, in an attack by unidentified assailants on a village in the Sahel Region.

On the humanitarian front, the regional health authorities, after the attack in Burkina Faso, rushed to provide care for the wounded.

At the Security Council, the Member States this morning heard from the Head of our office for the Central Africa region, François Louncény Fall. He told Council members that the current situation in Chad has underlined the challenges facing the subregion to address the consequences of unexpected changes in the government.

Turning to Sri Lanka, a quick update: our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that the latest information received from the country indicates that more than 271,000 people have been impacted and more than 26,000 displaced due to flash floods and landslides in the south-western parts of Sri Lanka.

From Namibia, the UN team there says the country is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Peru received more than over 710,000 doses through the COVAX last week. We are helping Albania set up a new lab and helping to train health workers on infection prevention and control protocols.

Today, a new report by the United Nations and other international organizations was released that report tracks progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on energy.

Today is World Food Safety Day and the theme this year is “Food safety, everyone’s business.”

Tomorrow, I will be joined by the UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, along with co-facilitators of the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS – that’s the Permanent Representative of Australia, Mitch Fifield, and the Permanent Representative of Namibia, Neville Gertze. They will be here to speak to you about the General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS which starts tomorrow.

For further details please see SOURCE below.
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General