Information Integrity in Digital Platforms, Democractic Republic of Congo & other topics - Daily Press Briefing

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:22:47
• Production Date: 12 June 2023
• Asset Language: English; Original
• Personal Subject: DUJARRIC, STEPHANE
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP; UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - MONUSCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; CHILD LABOUR; DAMS; DEATH; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; DISARMAMENT; DISPLACED PERSONS; FLOODS; GENDER EQUALITY; GENDER ISSUES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INFORMATION; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; NOON BRIEFING; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; WAR
• Geographic Subject: BURKINA FASO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; MALI; PALESTINE; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; UKRAINE; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 3054939
• Parent Id: 3054517

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**Information Integrity in Digital Platforms

You all have seen the Secretary-General today launched of the policy brief on Information Integrity in Digital Platforms, and I will not be going on through details, because it is still hopefully very fresh on your minds. But we are working on a transcript and that should be out soon.

** Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — MONUSCO — condemned today the attack that took place last night at the Lala site for displaced people — which is about 75 kilometres from Bunia, in the Ituri Province, in the eastern part of the country.

**Mali

Following Friday’s attack on our patrol near the peacekeeping base in Ber, in the Timbuktu region of Mali, one of our colleagues died following his injuries and he passed away yesterday after undergoing treatment in Dakar, in Senegal.

**Sudan

An update from Sudan where ceasefire or not, we and our partners continue to deliver assistance to people in need. The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, underscored that humanitarian warehouses should not be used as shields by parties to the current hostilities. This clearly keeps us from accessing and delivering critical humanitarian aid to the millions of Sudanese who so desperately need.

**South Sudan

In South Sudan, the peacekeeping mission (UNMISS) says that it is increasing patrols and peacekeepers are helping to restore calm at the Malakal UN protection of civilians site, and that is following the intercommunal fighting we have been reporting to you since last week.

**Somalia

In Somalia, over the weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack on the Pearl Beach Hotel and Restaurant located in the Abdiaziz district of Mogadishu. The attack resulted in the deaths of 16 civilians, including a 27-year-old who was working for the World Health Organization. This tragic event also left more than 10 people injured.

**Ukraine
The Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, was in Kherson today, and that is for the fourth day in a row. She is coordinating relief efforts following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.

We, along with our partners, continue to deliver help. We delivered vital supplies — mainly water, hygiene items and food — for nearly 180,000 people. This is up from the 35,000 people we were able to reach last Friday.

**Yemen

Earlier today the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, briefed the Security Council in closed consultations on the situation there and his mediation efforts.

Martin Griffiths also briefed the Council members in the closed session.

**Palestine

The Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, warned of the imminent risk of forced eviction in the old city of Jerusalem. She recently visited two elderly people who may soon face forced eviction from the home they have lived in since 1954.

**Gender

Our colleagues at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today released the latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report, which reveals no improvement in biases against women in a decade, with almost 9 out of 10 men and women worldwide still holding such biases today.

**Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Week
This week is Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration week — better known as DDR Week. Our colleagues in UN Peacekeeping will bring together DDR and Community Violence Reduction practitioners, as well as Member States and other key partners, here at the Headquarters to discuss key operational issues. This includes a high-level event that will take place tomorrow and will focus on “the future of Integrated DDR”.

World Day against Child Labour

Today is World Day against Child Labour. It is estimated that 160 million children across the world are still engaged in child labour — that is almost one in ten children worldwide — many are in dangerous conditions.