(excerpt) Central African Republic In the Central African Republic, operations against the 3R armed group are ongoing. As we have mentioned in the past, these operations are [designed] to protect...
(excerpt) And today I have an update for you about the work our colleagues are doing to address the pandemic in Guatemala. There are more than 38,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,400 deaths. The...
(excerpts) Syria Turning to Syria, we are concerned about the safety and protection of more than 4 million civilians in the north-west — more than half of whom are internally displaced — following...
(excerpt) COVID-19/Trinidad and Tobago And an update from our colleagues on the ground: In Trinidad and Tobago, which has 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 8 deaths due to the virus, the UN team,...
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. excerpts Mali And turning to Mali, where protests, which have been led...
(excerpt) Syria Remaining in Syria, our humanitarian colleagues remain concerned about the impact of the virus on people across the country. To date, the Syrian Ministry of Health has confirmed 14...
(excerpts) Central African Republic And in neighbouring Central African Republic, as part of the support the UN is bringing on COVID-19, the [UN] Mission has provided hygiene equipment, hand...
(excerpts) Security Council — Central African Republic I will start off today with the Security Council, where, this morning, the head of the UN peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said the...
(excerpt) Nepal In Nepal, the UN team is supporting Government efforts to cope with the pandemic, with a special focus on the most vulnerable. Authorities are facilitating the repatriation of Nepali...
(excerpts) Central African Republic In the Central African Republic, earlier today in the community of Pougol, in the country’s north-west, unidentified armed men attacked a checkpoint jointly...