United Nations published this video item, entitled “Morocco, Climate, DPR Korea & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (21 November 2022)” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-General/Trip Announcement
– Climate
– Security Council/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Mali
– Ukraine
– Indonesia
– Myanmar
– Middle East
– Argentina
– Senior Personnel Appointment
– World Television Day
SECRETARY-GENERAL/TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Secretary-General has just arrived in Morocco. Tomorrow, in Fez, he will deliver remarks at the opening of the 9th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilization.
In his remarks, the Secretary-General will highlight the importance of inter-religious dialogue and the urgency of finding pathways to peace, unity and solidarity rooted in mutual respect, human dignity and compassion. While in Fez, the Secretary-General will also meet with senior Moroccan officials.
He will be back in New York on Wednesday, 23 November.
CLIMATE
The Secretary-General, in a video message at the conclusion of COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh, said that the COP had taken an important step towards justice. He welcomed the decision to establish a loss and damage fund and to operationalize it in the coming period. Clearly this will not be enough, Mr. Guterres said, but it is a much-needed political signal to rebuild broken trust.
He also stressed the need to finally make good on the long-delayed promise of $100 billion a year in climate finance for developing countries; to have clarity and a credible roadmap to double adaptation finance; and to change the business models of multilateral development banks and international financial institutions.
Our planet is still in the emergency room, the Secretary-General said. We need to drastically reduce emissions now – and this is an issue this COP did not address. He added that the red line we must not cross is the line that takes our planet over the 1.5-degree temperature limit, and that, to have any hope of keeping to 1.5, we need to massively invest in renewables and end our addiction to fossil fuels.
The Secretary-General again emphasized the need for a Climate Solidarity Pact in which all countries make an extra effort to reduce emissions this decade in line with the 1.5-degree goal.
SECURITY COUNCIL/DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
This morning, the Security Council held a meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Briefing Council members, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, noted that the Secretary-General has strongly condemned the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, the second ICBM launch this month. She stressed that the DPRK’s continued pursuit of its nuclear weapons programme and launches of ballistic missiles blatantly violate relevant Security Council resolutions and have led to a significant escalation of tensions.
Ms. DiCarlo pointed out that this was the tenth time the Council has met to discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 2022, yet the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction. She stressed that it is critical to de-escalate and reduce tensions and that communication channels must be enhanced, particularly military to military, to lower the risk of miscalculation.
Ms. DiCarlo said that the Secretary-General counts on Members of the Security Council, as a united body as well as individually, to urge the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to refrain from carrying out further launches using ballistic missile technology or a seventh nuclear test. She stressed that unity in the Security Council is critical, and that a diplomatic solution is the only way forward.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=21%20November%202022
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