The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Burkina Faso is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with 6.3 million people in need of support and protection, but the $935 million Humanitarian Response Plan for 2024 is only 17 per cent funded. The UN and its partners are working supporting Government efforts to meet immediate needs.
The Security Council today extended its authorization of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) until 12 August 2024, also requesting support for the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and providing recommendations for the African Union-led peace support operation that will follow ATMIS.
The General Assembly today authorized nearly $5.6 billion to keep 14 peacekeeping missions, 2 service centres and support staff at Headquarters operating through June 2025, adopting 20 resolutions and 1 decision forwarded by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the press on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Report 2024, in New York today:
Amid a deepening strategic alignment between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, numerous speakers observed that Moscow’s veto of the Panel of Experts’ mandate renewal served as a cover-up for its unlawful arms transfers from Pyongyang, while others warned about the establishment of the Washington, D.C.-Tokyo-Seoul military alliance in the Asia-Pacific region.
Expressing concern about the reports of a dramatic increase in missing persons in armed conflict, the Security Council today unanimously adopted a presidential statement aimed at reversing the trend by advancing measures set out in a resolution adopted five years ago.
The World Food Programme (WFP) says its operations are being severely hindered by the escalation of fighting in south and central Gaza, as well as the limited flow of humanitarian assistance and the lack of public order and safety in the south. Despite this, WFP has reached more than 766,000 people in Gaza with food in June.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of the International Trade Centre (ITC), in Geneva today:
The Security Council today re-appointed Serge Brammertz of Belgium as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term beginning on 1 July 2024 and ending on 30 June 2026.
