Vienna Attacks & other topics - Daily Briefing (03 November 2020)

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

Highlights:
Vienna/Attacks
Afghanistan
Security Council
South Sudan/Humanitarian
South Sudan/Sexual Violence In Conflict
Central America
Covid-19/India
Qatar


VIENNA/ATTACKS
Today, the Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna, Ghada Waly, said that the UN in Vienna joins their Host City and Country in mourning in the wake of last night’s terrorist attacks, which killed several people and injured many others. She added that her office utterly rejects hate and terror and that it stands in solidarity with the people and Government of Austria.
Ms. Waly ordered the flags at the Vienna International Centre, which hosts the United Nations in Vienna, to be lowered as they grieve with Austria during this period of national mourning.
Also, today, the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, expressed his dismay and shock at the attacks and stressed that such acts of terror are intolerable and utterly unjustifiable whenever, wherever and by whomever they may be committed.
You will also have seen in a statement we issued last night, the Secretary-General himself strongly condemned the attacks and reaffirmed the solidarity [of] the UN with the people and the Government of Austria. He also extended his deep condolences to the families of the victims and wished those injured a speedy recovery.
AFGHANISTAN
Yesterday afternoon, we also issued a statement on Afghanistan, in which the Secretary-General strongly condemned the horrific attack at Kabul University. The Secretary-General said that this appalling attack, the second in ten days on a school facility in Kabul, is also an assault on the human right to education.
The Secretary-General reiterated that those responsible must be held to account. He added that the UN stands by the people and Government of Afghanistan in support of their long-held aspirations for peace.
SECURITY COUNCIL
The Deputy Secretary-General spoke to the Security Council this morning at its virtual open debate on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Contemporary Drivers of Conflict and Insecurity.”
She said that the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home that in today’s world, there is no such thing as a distant crisis, adding that it continues to exacerbate the risks and drivers of conflict – from cross-border insecurity and climate-related threats to social unrest and democratic deficits. 
The Deputy Secretary-General stressed that building and sustaining peace requires addressing these root causes as they develop and interact with each other, including the emerging threats posed by the pandemic.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon...