United Nations published this video item, entitled “Ukraine, Indonesia, Yemen & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (14 June 2022)” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Ukraine
– Indonesia
– Yemen
– Climate
– Disabilities
– WFP Humanitarian Air Service
– Burkina Faso
– Sudan
– South Sudan
– Cabo Verde/Covid-19
– Lebanon
– World Blood Donor Day
UKRAINE
Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that the situation in Donetsk remains extremely tense. Escalating hostilities since last week are taking an enormous toll on civilians, including aid workers living in the city.
In the past 24 hours alone, civilians – including children – have been killed or injured.
Some of you have asked me about attacks on hospitals in Donetsk which is not in a Government controlled area, where at least five health facilities were hit by shelling, including a maternity ward. Our colleagues on the ground tell us that no one was killed or injured. Still, some pregnant women had to be transferred to other hospitals.
Unfortunately, the latest attack on hospitals is not a new phenomenon in this war.
Since the beginning of the war, the World Health Organization says there have been at least 295 attacks on health facilities across Ukraine, and the actual figures are unfortunately and likely to be much higher.
In Donetsk, critical infrastructure – including homes, schools, hospitals, and markets – were hit across the oblast over the past week. This has made life nearly unbearable for people who are also facing severe water shortages, and at times are unable to leave their homes for days on end due to the fighting.
We, along with our humanitarian partners, continue to engage at the highest levels with the parties to the conflict and call on them to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
This must also include protecting our own humanitarian colleagues and facilitating the movement of relief supplies and personnel to areas where people need our support. Many lives are at stake.
For its part, the Food and Agriculture Organization today said that, to date, it has reached 65,000 people with emergency agricultural support and cash assistance. An additional 24,700 people will be supported in the coming weeks.
Together with local and international partners, FAO is also working on a damage and loss assessment of the Ukrainian agriculture sector, to catalogue the war’s impact on production, infrastructure, investment, storage facilities, exports, imports and expected yields for this year’s crops.
Under FAO’s revised Rapid Response Plan, which seeks $115.4 million to assist 979,320 people in rural areas through December, only $13.4 million of the required funding has been received. FAO stresses that further contributions are urgently needed to bolster agricultural production and provide support to vulnerable households.
INDONESIA
This morning the Secretary-General spoke to H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia. The Secretary-General thanked President Widodo for Indonesia’s support to the United Nations and to multilateral efforts to address global challenges.
They also discussed the global implications of the war in Ukraine, in particular in the area of food security. The Secretary-General briefed President Widodo on UN efforts to allow access of grains and fertilizers from Ukraine and Russia to global markets.
The Secretary-General also expressed support to Indonesia’s Presidency in the G20 in 2022.
YEMEN
This afternoon, the Security Council will hold a briefing, followed by consultations, on the situation in Yemen.
Council members will hear from both the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and the head of the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement, General [Michael] Beary.
And you’ll also get to hear directly from General Beary tomorrow, since he will be our guest at the briefing.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=14%20June%202022
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