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| Name | Secretary-General/Paris Summit, ECOSOC & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (21 June 2023) |
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| Video Discription | Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: Secretary-General/Paris Summit ECOSOC Security Council/Afghanistan Afghanistan/WFP Ukraine/ Ukraine Recovery Conference Ukraine Joint Coordination Center Sudan South Sudan International Days SECRETARY-GENERAL/PARIS SUMMIT The Secretary-General met in Paris with Emmanuel Macron, the President of France. They discussed the objectives of the Paris Summit, including the importance of reforms to the international financial architecture, debt relief, access to liquidity as well as the urgent need for climate action and climate justice. The Secretary-General and the President also discussed the war in Ukraine as well as the situation in the Sahel, the crisis in Sudan and its regional implications. Tomorrow morning, the Secretary-General will deliver remarks at the opening ceremony of the Paris Summit hosted by President Macron. He will renew his appeal for ambitious reforms to the international financial architecture and will present his proposals – including an SDG stimulus - to better support developing and emerging economies and put us back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Later in the day, the Secretary-General will go to Sciences Po university to take part in a discussion on the state of world affairs with students, alumni and academics. ECOSOC This morning, the Secretary-General spoke, in a video message, to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Humanitarian Affairs Segment. He emphasized the urgent and unprecedented global humanitarian needs, noting that 360 million people worldwide require assistance. This is a 30 per cent increase from the previous year, with over 110 million forcibly displaced people and more than 260 million facing severe food insecurity. The Secretary-General commended the efforts of humanitarian aid agencies in reaching more people and maximizing resources, but he underscored that there is a persistent funding crisis, with only 20 per cent of the required funds under the Global Humanitarian Appeal having been received. The Secretary-General called for discussions during the ECOSOC segment to address increasing humanitarian resources, enhancing the efficiency of aid delivery, protecting vulnerable individuals, especially women and girls, and addressing the root causes of conflict to reduce food insecurity, and investing in climate adaptation to build resilience. SECURITY COUNCIL/AFGHANISTAN This morning, the Security Council held a meeting on Afghanistan. Briefing Council members, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Rosa Otunbayeva, said that the United Nations continues to face a complicated situation in Afghanistan. She noted that the April 5 restrictions against Afghan women working for the UN place a question mark over our activities across the country. Ms. Otunbayeva said that we will not put our national female staff in danger, and therefore we are asking them not to report to the office. At the same time, we have asked all our male national staff performing non-essential tasks to stay home to respect the principle of non-discrimination. Finally, she said, we are steadfast: female national staff will not be replaced by male national staff as some de facto authorities have suggested. Ms. Otunbayeva also noted that UN cash shipments, required for humanitarian operations, are expected to decrease as donor funding declines, warning that this could begin having a negative effect on monetary stability. Ms. Otunbayeva said that in her regular discussions with the de facto authorities, she is blunt about the obstacles they have created for themselves by the decrees and restrictions they have enacted, in particular those against women and girls. She said that we have conveyed to them that, as long as these decrees are in place, it is nearly impossible that their government will be recognized by members of the international community. Ms. Otunbayeva noted that, based on our discussions with many interlocutors across the country, it is also clear that these decrees are highly unpopular among the Afghan population. She noted that they cost the Taliban both domestic and international legitimacy, while inflicting suffering on their population and damaging their economy. Full highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/ossg/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=21+June+2023 [rRRWdwYgzvA] |
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