"WEST AFRICA"

Press conference by Raffi Gregorian, Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General and Director at the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, on the first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism.

Presenting the latest edition of the annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “despite some progress, children have continued to suffer the consequences of man-made conflict in 2021.” UNIFEED

The top United Nations official for the Sahel region said, “the information that we have received on the massacres that have been perpetrated on innocent civilian populations, including women and children, convey the tragedy that is unfolding at the moment in this part of the world.” UNIFEED

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

Meeting on West Africa, Sahel region, speakers in Security Council express concern over successive coups, call for strengthening state institutions.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "On COVID-19. Globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 percent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the WHO sub-regions saw cases increase in the last week.” On monkeypox, he continued to be concerned by the scale and spread of the virus. WHO

Press conference by Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative of Brazil and President of the Security Council for July, on the programme of work of the Security Council in July 2022.

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

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

The UN senior official for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, warned the Security Council that some countries in Central Africa face political and security challenges that, if not addressed, “could risk impacting neighbouring countries and the sub-region.” UNIFEED