PRESS CONFERENCE

The Security Council will turn to technology in April to tackle the humanitarian crises in Yemen and Syria, address conflict-induced hunger, promote the youth, peace and security agenda, and respond to the threat of COVID-19, says its President for the month, José Singer Weisinger, Special Envoy from the Dominican Republic.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the United Nations to operate in new ways, its vital work worldwide continues largely uninterrupted, the Secretary-General and heads of UN principal organs assure Member States, during a joint briefing on Friday held online.

At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, launch a $2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan, to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries in a bid to protect the millions most at risk.

In an appeal issued on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening all of humankind.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses journalists and the public in a live virtual briefing and lays out three critical areas of action in tackling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Jane Connors, Victims' Rights Advocate for the United Nations, briefs reporters on the Secretary-General's 2019 report on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Petteri Taalas hold a press conference to launch the WMO Statement on the State of the Climate in 2019.

Ahead of International Women´s Day, new UN Women report warns that progress towards gender equality is lagging and hard-fought gains are under threat.

Bruno Lemarquis, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, briefs reporters on the situation in Haiti.

Martha Helena Lopez, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, briefs the media on the results of the recent United Nations Staff Survey.