United Nations published this video item, entitled “Haiti, Lebanon, Colombia & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (12 January 2023)” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights
-Noon Briefing Guests
-Haiti
-Special Tribunal For Lebanon
-Colombia
-Democratic Republic of the Congo
-South Sudan
-Burundi
-Acute Malnutrition
-The International Renewable Energy Agency
NOON BRIEFING GUESTS
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) will launch the World Social Report 2023. At 3:45 pm there will be a hybrid press briefing by the Deputy Press Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yukiko Okano.
And tomorrow, guests will speak about the upcoming UN Water Conference, which will be co-hosted by the governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan and will take place from 22-24 March. The speakers will include Li Junhua, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and the Secretary-General of the Conference; Henk Ovink, the Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water; and Sulton Rahimzoda, the Special Envoy of the President of Tajikistan for Water.
HAITI
Thirteen years ago today, a devastating earthquake claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti, including 102 colleagues.
In a Tweet this morning, the Secretary-General reiterated that they will not be forgotten.
From Haiti, the UN team reaffirmed the commitment to work alongside Haitian people to help them build a better and sustainable future, based on a return to security and democracy.
RULE OF LAW
The Secretary-General spoke this morning in the Security Council meeting and said that from the smallest village to the global stage, the rule of law is all that stands between peace and stability, and a brutal struggle for power and resources. Yet he said that the international situation shows that we still have far to go. We are at grave risk of the Rule of Lawlessness, he warned.
Regarding Ukraine, the Secretary-General said that any annexation of a State’s territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the Charter and international law.
He added that unconstitutional changes in governments – coups d’état – are regrettably back in fashion. They are particularly worrying in places that are already enduring conflict, terrorism and food insecurity, namely in the Sahel.
And on Afghanistan, he said that unprecedented, systemic attacks on women’s and girls’ rights and the flouting of international obligations are creating a gender-based apartheid in the country.
GROUP OF 77 AND CHINA
This afternoon, at 3 pm, the Secretary-General is scheduled to deliver remarks at the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China.
He will thank Pakistan for its stewardship of the Group and will welcome Cuba, as it assumes the Chairmanship for 2023.
In his remarks, he will highlight several areas of collaboration between the UN secretariat and the G77. He will also reiterate that throughout this work, the Group’s engagement will be critical to him, the United Nations, and hundreds of millions of people living throughout the developing world.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=12%20January%202023
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