SDG Advocates, Afghanistan, Sudan & other topics - Daily Press Briefing

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

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:16:49
• Production Date: 20 July 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: HAQ, FARHAN
• Subject Topical: DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; MIGRANTS; REFUGEES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SUDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2908241
• Parent Id: 2908241

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This morning, the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed spoke on behalf of the Secretary-General at the joint High-level Dialogue on "The Africa We Want – Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority for the United Nations."

The Secretary-General today has announced Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chobani, as a Sustainable Development Goals Advocate.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan today released a report outlining the human rights situation in Afghanistan over the 10 months since the Taliban takeover. Despite an overall, significant reduction in armed violence, between mid-August 2021 and mid-June 2022, the UN Mission recorded 2,106 civilian casualties - 700 killed and 1,406 wounded.

In Sudan, our Humanitarian Coordinator there, Khardiata Lo Ndiaye, said she is deeply concerned following the killings of dozens of civilians and the displacement of thousands of women and girls in a wave of recent inter-communal violence in Blue Nile state.

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, continues to work to protect civilians and Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, today briefed the Security Council on the work being done by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to obtain the necessary information about Syria’s chemical weapons programme.

According to the first report by the World Health Organization on the health of refugees and migrants, millions of them around the world face poorer health outcomes than people in their host communities.

Today is International Moon Day, which marks the anniversary of the first landing by humans on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. Today is also World Chess Day, which recognizes the important role of the International Chess Federation in supporting international cooperation for chess activity and aiming to improve friendly harmony among all peoples of the world.

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