"CONFLICT SITUATION"

A UN Spokesperson said that the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen is "engaging the parties on reaching agreements on a nationwide ceasefire, humanitarian and economic measures to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, adding that "this process further aims to foster joint efforts to counter the threat of COVID-19." UNIFEED

Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen reiterated his appeal for a complete immediate nationwide ceasefire throughout Syria “to enable an all-out effort to counter COVID-19 and spare all Syrians additional suffering,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

In a videoconference meeting with the Security Council, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said the ten confirmed COVID-19 cases in Syria were “the tip of the iceberg, with the virus having the potential to have a devastating impact on vulnerable communities across the country,” according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric expressed concern over “the potential impact of the virus on millions of people across Syria, and particularly the over 900,000 people who remain displaced due to hostilities since December 1st in the country’s northwest.” UNIFEED

UN chief António Guterres called for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world” appealing to warring parties to “end the sickness of war and fight the disease that is ravaging our world.” UNIFEED

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

As the Syrian conflict has entered its tenth year, the UN Secretary-General said, “we cannot allow the tenth year to result in the same carnage, the same flouting of human rights and international humanitarian law, the same inhumanity.” UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Security Council today “the parties to the conflict will either move Yemen towards de-escalation and the resumption of the political process, or, I fear, towards greater violence and suffering that will make the path to the negotiating table more arduous.” UNIFEED

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Secretary-General was “shocked to learn that airstrikes on populated areas are continuing in northwest Syria, just as discussions on a ceasefire are ongoing in Moscow.” UNIFEED / RECENT