United Nations published this video item, entitled “Nigeria, Ukraine, Holocaust & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (13 July 2022) | United Nations” – below is their description.
Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-General/High-Level Political Forum
– Democratic Republic of the Congo/Peacekeeping
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Nigeria
– Afghanistan
– Ukraine/Refugees Holocaust
– Briefing Today
– Noon Briefing Guest Tomorrow
SECRETARY-GENERAL/HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM
This morning, the Secretary-General spoke at the opening of the high-level segment of ECOSOC’s High-level Political Forum.
He said that our world is in deep trouble – and so too are the Sustainable Development Goals. However, he said that we are far from powerless and that we have many concrete steps to take to turn things around. He underscored that we must end senseless, disastrous wars, unleash a renewable energy revolution, invest in people and build a new social contract. He also called for countries to deliver a New Global Deal to rebalance power and financial resources and enable all developing countries to invest in the Sustainable Development Goals.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO/PEACEKEEPING
In a press briefing earlier today, the head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, strongly condemned the recent attacks in North Kivu and Ituri, and emphasized the need to maintain military pressure on armed groups.
The UN Mission continues to proactively deter violence alongside the national defence forces, particularly in the Kabindi bridge area and in Rumangabo, in Rutshuru territory, to counter the M23 group and to provide security to local communities.
Ms. Keita reiterated the need for M23 and all armed groups to lay down their weapons unconditionally, as well as to ensure a coherent regional and international response to sustain security and stability in eastern DRC. The surge of attacks has sparked demonstrations by people concerned for their safety in parts of North Kivu. In response, the Mission continues to engage with local stakeholders to defuse tensions and combat disinformation, which hampers the mission’s ability to carry out its work to protect civilians.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is deeply concerned by the increase in armed attacks against civilians in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, which killed at least 31 people and injured several others in less than a week. Yesterday, armed groups attacked the town of Beni in North Kivu, and at least five civilians were killed.
This comes after the attacks we mentioned yesterday – that took place in several villages in the province of Ituri, as well as the July 8th attack on a health centre in a village in Beni territory.
These attacks come at a time when thousands are being displaced almost every day by continued fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group in Rutshuru territory in North Kivu.
Since the beginning of the year, some 700,000 people have been displaced in the country, bringing the total number of internally displaced people to more than 6 million.
OCHA calls on parties to the conflict to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law and to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=13%20July%202022
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