Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
– Security Council
– Japan
– Mali
– COVID-19/Peacekeeping
– COVID-19/Zambia
– Uganda/Refugees
– Sustainable Development
– Beyond the Long Shadow
– Counter-Terrorism Week Virtual Expo
– Financial Contribution
SECURITY COUNCIL
During a Security Council meeting this morning on peace operations and human rights, Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that, as COVID-19 continues to gather pace, its impacts on health, societies and economies threaten development, and amplifies or creates new grievances and tensions.
She said that the human rights components integrated in all UN peace operations bring missions closer to the people they serve.
Only action to address the human rights violations inflicted on people can prevent the recurrence of conflict, she said.
The UN’s peace operations are among the Organization’s most significant achievements, Ms. Bachelet added. She called on Council members to ensure that Missions have the resources they need, as well as strong political support, to bind together all UN operations around a common effective approach to crisis, from prevention to recovery.
The head of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, also spoke at the same Council meeting. He reiterated the importance of human rights in the implementation of his Mission’s mandate.
JAPAN
You will have seen that we issued a statement yesterday afternoon in which the Secretary-General said he is deeply saddened by the reported death of at least 40 people following flooding and a landslide in Kumamoto in Japan’s Kyushu region. The Secretary-General expressed his deep condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the people and Government of Japan.
LIBYA
We would also like to offer our condolences following the death of two humanitarian mine clearance workers on Sunday in southern Tripoli. We continue to be concerned about the ongong threat posed by explosive devices left behind in civilian neighbourhoods in southern Tripoli.
Since late May, these devices have reportedly killed and injured 81 civilians and 57 non-civilians, including mine clearance workers.
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