PRESS CONFERENCE

Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, and the President of the Security Council for July, briefs journalists on the Council’s Programme of Work for the month.

Virtual press conference by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications on the launch of the "Pause": Misinformation Campaign.

In a virtual press briefing, David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, fears the ceasefire will start to falter and unravel as the country struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual press conference.

Virtual press briefing by the President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

Video press conference by Amer Daoudi, the World Food Programme's director of operations and COVID-19 response.

Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, holds a press conference to launch the Secretary-General's Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict.

Dan Thomas, Chief of Communications and Strategic Events of the UN Global Compact, holds a press conference on the Global Compact Leaders' Summit.

Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Ms. Leila Fourie, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Co-chair of the Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD), hold a press conference on the GSID meeting entitled “COVID-19: Response and Recovery”.

Maximo Torero Cullen, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and, Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Programme (WFP), hold a virtual press conference on the Secretary-General’s policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition.