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Syria, Security Council & other topics - Daily Press Briefing
This morning, the Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, told Security Council members that the Special Envoy, Geir Pederson, continues his efforts to reconvene the Constitutional Committee. She said that it’s important to overcome the issues that prevent the Committee from convening, and to see it resume its work.This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., the Security Council will hold a meeting on threats to international peace and security. Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, will brief Council members.The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, is in Beijing today. nbsp;In her meetings with governments officials, which included the Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, the Executive Vice Foreign Minister, the Minister of Environment, and China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, she outlined the benefits of financing and aligning China’s development objectives with the Sustainable Development Goals. nbsp;In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says there has been a horrific attack on Tuesday in the east of the country, in the town of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. The Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, said the attack is an example of the inexcusable level of suffering Russia’s invasion is inflicting on the people of the country.The Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today said that the number of people uprooted by the conflict in Sudan continues to rise. More than 2.1 million people have been internally displaced since 15 April, including 1.4 million people who fled the capital Khartoum. More than 560,000 people have crossed the border into neighbouring countries, mostly to Egypt, Chad and South Sudan.Related to the crisis in Sudan, more than 200,000 people have fled the country to seek refuge in Chad. This includes both Sudanese and Chadians returning to their country.nbsp;Prior to the outbreak of fighting, Chad was hosting nearly 600,000 refugees – including 400,000 from Sudan. nbsp;In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary-General condemned Monday’s advancement of plans for over 5,500 housing units in Israeli settlements in Area C of the occupied West Bank, including the retroactive regularization, under Israeli law, of three settlement outposts adjacent to the settlement of Eli.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and four of their partner organizations have been tasked with leading the Clean and Healthy Oceans Integrated Programme. The initiative seeks to address agricultural, municipal, and industrial pollution from land-based sources that harm coastal environments.Today is the International Day of the Tropics. nbsp;This Day highlights unique challenges and opportunities that nations of the Tropics face. It provides an opportunity to take stock of progress across the tropics, to share expertise and to acknowledge the diversity and potential of the region.
