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Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
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The Secretary-General spoke today at an event marking the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. He warned that, decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we can hear once again the rattling of nuclear sabres.
The era of nuclear blackmail must end, he said. The idea that any country could fight and win a nuclear war is deranged. Any use of a nuclear weapon would incite a humanitarian Armageddon.
Turning to Ukraine, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, was in Kharkiv today. She says that the United Nations, along with our humanitarian partners, are stepping up efforts to help more than 150,000 people affected by recent hostilities in Kharkivska oblast.
In a note we issued earlier this morning, the Secretariat of the UN expressed its grave concern about the continued detention since 10 July of Ivorian soldiers in Bamako in Mali.
Also on Mali, we can add that the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, conducted the first joint long-range patrol outside of Ménaka with the Malian Armed Forces.
In the Philippines, Tropical Cyclone Noru intensified over the weekend and became a super typhoon. It made landfall yesterday in Quezon Province, east of the capital Manila.
This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., the Security Council will hold a meeting on Haiti. Expected briefers are the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, Helen La Lime; World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, and the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Ghada Fathi Waly.
Geir Pedersen, the Special Envoy for Syria, said yesterday that it is devastating that dozens died after a boat sank off the Syrian coast - men, women, children and the elderly among the victims. He added his voice to those sending condolences for this tragic loss of life, many Syrians reported among the dead.
I have an update from Cuba, where our UN team on the ground, led by the Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal-Bruce, took part in the consultation process to make reforms to the country's Family Code.
And in Venezuela, our UN team, led by Resident Coordinator Gianluca Rampolla del Tindaro, on Friday signed in Caracas a new Cooperation Framework with the Government – that's a roadmap to guide our work with partners to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in the next four years.
View moreView lessThe era of nuclear blackmail must end, he said. The idea that any country could fight and win a nuclear war is deranged. Any use of a nuclear weapon would incite a humanitarian Armageddon.
Turning to Ukraine, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, was in Kharkiv today. She says that the United Nations, along with our humanitarian partners, are stepping up efforts to help more than 150,000 people affected by recent hostilities in Kharkivska oblast.
In a note we issued earlier this morning, the Secretariat of the UN expressed its grave concern about the continued detention since 10 July of Ivorian soldiers in Bamako in Mali.
Also on Mali, we can add that the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, conducted the first joint long-range patrol outside of Ménaka with the Malian Armed Forces.
In the Philippines, Tropical Cyclone Noru intensified over the weekend and became a super typhoon. It made landfall yesterday in Quezon Province, east of the capital Manila.
This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., the Security Council will hold a meeting on Haiti. Expected briefers are the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, Helen La Lime; World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, and the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Ghada Fathi Waly.
Geir Pedersen, the Special Envoy for Syria, said yesterday that it is devastating that dozens died after a boat sank off the Syrian coast - men, women, children and the elderly among the victims. He added his voice to those sending condolences for this tragic loss of life, many Syrians reported among the dead.
I have an update from Cuba, where our UN team on the ground, led by the Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal-Bruce, took part in the consultation process to make reforms to the country's Family Code.
And in Venezuela, our UN team, led by Resident Coordinator Gianluca Rampolla del Tindaro, on Friday signed in Caracas a new Cooperation Framework with the Government – that's a roadmap to guide our work with partners to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in the next four years.