Ukraine/Security Council, Myanmar/Secretary-General, Burkina Faso & other topics- Daily Press Briefing

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:12:42
• Production Date: 31 January 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: HAQ, FARHAN
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; SECRETARY-GENERAL; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET; WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
• Geographic Subject: BURKINA FASO; MYANMAR; TONGA
• MAMS Id: 2705332
• Parent Id: 2705332

Description

This morning, the Security Council held an open meeting on Ukraine.

On Myanmar, you will have seen the Secretary-General’s statement from yesterday, which noted that tomorrow, February 1st, marks one year since Myanmar’s military overturned the democratically elected civilian Government and arbitrarily detained members of Government, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint.

Also on Myanmar, the 2022 Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan is requesting a record $826 million to reach an unprecedented 6.2 million women, children and men, out of a total of 14.4 million people in need in the country.

On Burkina Faso, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, has begun a joint assessment mission in Burkina Faso.

Our UN teams based in Tonga and in Fiji continue to support the recovery after the massive volcanic eruption earlier this month which affected more than 80 per cent of Tonga’s population.

The Elsie Initiative Fund for Women in Peace Operations announced today that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon will be the first UN field mission to receive funding to create an enabling and inclusive environment for women peacekeepers.

We round out the month with another full payment to the regular budget, this time from Georgia, which we thank very much. To date, 38 Member States are inscribed on the Honour Roll.

Tomorrow at 1 pm, the President of the Security Council for February, Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia of the Russian Federation, will be here to brief on the Council’s programme of work for the month of February.

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