"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

During his week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN’s Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Christian Saunders said, "there is no place for sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations, and if you commit sexual exploitation and abuse, you will be punished.” MINUSCA

Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic, reiterated his country’s support for “the common position of the African Union, which calls for the in-depth reform of the UN and the expansion of the seats of the members of the Security Council for fairer participation and more representative of all continents.” UNIFEED

Faustin Archange Touadera, Head of State of the Central African Republic, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20-26 September 2022).

Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that “notable progress” has been made in addressing the priorities outlined in Action for Peacekeeping Plus (A4P+) and called for “stronger and more unified support from the Council to advance the political efforts of our operations.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

After four years as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet held her final press conference in Geneva and said, “the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ever-increasing effects of climate change, and the reverberating shocks of the food, fuel and finance crisis resulting from the war against Ukraine have been the three major issues” of her mandate. OHCHR

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Launching the Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) new Annual Results Report, Director Yasmine Sherif told journalists in New York that there are 78.2 million children in conflict affected areas “that don’t even go to school,” while another 190 million receive some education “but can’t read and write, they can’t do math.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.