Myanmar, Palestine & other topics - Daily Press Briefing | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- Secretary-General/Deputy Secretary-General's Travels
- Security Council
- Myanmar
- Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Ukraine
- Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- Mpox
- Financial Contribution
SECRETARY-GENERAL/DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S TRAVELS
The Secretary-General is in Apia, in Samoa, where later today he is expected to meet with the Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. He will also visit a district which has been impacted by climate change and will have a chance to speak to local residents who have been forced to move due to sea level rise and coastal erosion, and hear of their experiences.
The Secretary-General will then visit the new wing of the new UN House, which was just completed by the government, and is expected to meet with UN staff. And tomorrow he will meet with civil society representatives including women and youth before he heads to Auckland, New Zealand.
Also, to flag that the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has left Egypt and she is about to land in Mongolia. In the capital, Ulaanbaatar, she will participate in the World Women's Forum at the invitation of the Government.
While in Mongolia, Ms. Mohammed will meet with senior government officials, nomadic communities and other stakeholders.
SECURITY COUNCIL
This morning, the Security Council heard a briefing from Elizabeth Spehar, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. The theme of the open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace was ‘The New Agenda for Peace - addressing global, regional and national aspects of conflict prevention.’
Ms. Spehar, said that building and sustaining peace is central to the work of the Security Council and of the United Nations. And yet, she said, the number of conflicts is at a decade-long high, inflicting unimaginable suffering and devastating economies and robbing communities of their future.
Ms. Spehar pointed out that as outlined in the Secretary-General’s report on A New Agenda for Peace, prioritizing conflict prevention and peacebuilding can contribute to reversing these trends. It can also provide people affected by violence with opportunities and reduce the human and economic costs of war, she said.
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