United Nations published this video item, entitled “Queen Elizabeth II Remembrance, Ukraine & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (15 September 2022)” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-General Annual Report
– Queen Elizabeth II Remembrance
– Ukraine
– Security Council: Armenia/Azerbaijan
– Yemen
– Uganda
– International Day of Democracy
– Briefings today and tomorrow
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNUAL REPORT
The Secretary-General’s annual report on the Work of the Organization is out. The report presents our work to drive Our Common Agenda, the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals, amplify climate action, promote gender equality, protect human rights, advance peace and security, coordinate humanitarian assistance, promote justice and international law, among other priorities.
The report also provides an overview of our system-wide efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report is available online at www.un.org/annualreport.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II REMEMBRANCE
Turning to the Secretary-General. He spoke this morning at the General Assembly’s remembrance event for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
On behalf of the United Nations, the Secretary-General conveyed his sincere condolences to the Queen’s bereaved family, the Government and people of the United Kingdom, and the wider Commonwealth.
The Secretary-General described the Queen as an anchor of stability across decades of often turbulent history. She was a consummate diplomat, he added, and often wielded her skills as the only woman in the room.
For seven decades, Queen Elizabeth transcended her role to connect at the most human level with everyone she met — world leaders and ordinary people alike.
The Queen’s legacy is an inspiring example of leadership that serves, the Secretary-General concluded.
UKRAINE
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says they continue to expand the response to reach people impacted by the war, including those close to the front lines and in areas that have recently shifted control back to the Ukrainian authorities.
Over the last couple of weeks the UN, along with our partners, have delivered about 1,400 shelter kits and 35,000 food kits that have been distributed by the authorities to families in villages of Khersonska oblast. Each food kit has enough food for one person for one month. Until recently, these villages in [Khersonska] oblast were inaccessible for humanitarian workers due to hostilities.
The deliveries follow requests received by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, during her recent meetings with authorities in different areas of eastern and southern Ukraine. According to Ukrainian authorities, the main needs of people living in these areas include shelter, food, water and specific supplies for the cold season, which has already begun in Ukraine.
Full highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=15%20September%202022
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