Pakistan, Bangladesh, Peacekeeping & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (6 September 2022)

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

Highlights:

Pakistan
Bangladesh
Security Council
Deputy Secretary-General’s Travel
South Sudan
Myanmar
China
Afghanistan
Western Sahara
Senior Personnel Appointments
Kosovo
Noon Guest/Press Briefing Tomorrow

PAKISTAN

On Pakistan, just to remind you that the Secretary-General will be leaving for Pakistan tomorrow. Just before 3:00 p.m., I expect him to stop by and say a few wordPAs to you at the Security Council stakeout on Pakistan before he addresses the Council on the situation in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Just a quick update for you from the ground, our humanitarian colleagues tell us that we and our partners have delivered food or cash assistance to at least 336,000 people impacted by the floods in Balochistan province. Distributions are currently underway for 117,000 people in Sindh province.

In addition, we have provided 32 metric tons of emergency supplies to support children and women, including medicines and medical supplies, water purification tablets, safe delivery kits, and therapeutic nutritional supplements.

An airlift from Dubai, established by us and our other partners, is going to focus on the worst affected areas of southern Sindh province.

The first three of nine scheduled flights arrived yesterday with 40,000 sleeping mats, 15,000 kitchen sets and 5,000 tarpaulins. An additional six flights are scheduled in the coming days.

According to the Government of Pakistan, more than 1,300 people have died and over 12,700 have been injured by the floods. Over 1.1 million houses have been damaged and some 560,000 houses have been destroyed.

Over 630,000 men, women and children are reportedly living in relief camps across Pakistan, most of them in Sindh. Many more displaced people are living with host communities.

Access remains difficult with over 5,700 km of roads damaged, and 246 bridges either damaged or destroyed.

 

BANGLADESH
Staying in the region, from nearby Bangladesh, the UN team there, led by the Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis, is calling for further resources to help millions of people impacted by recent flooding in the country’s northeast.

The floods have impacted nine districts, sweeping away homes and inundating the land of some 7.2 million people.

Just over a quarter of the $58 million needed has been received so far, and due to the limited resources, only 30 per cent of the most vulnerable families are receiving aid.

We need more support urgently, with flood waters not having receded in many areas.



SECURITY COUNCIL

Back here, this morning, the Security Council heard from Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the head of the UN peacekeeping department. He briefed the Security Council in an open meeting on the Action for Peacekeeping initiative.

As you will recall, the Secretary-General launched this initiative four years ago to make our missions stronger, safer and more effective.

Today, Mr. Lacroix called for stronger and more unified support from the Security Council to advance the political efforts of our operations. We’ve shared his remarks with you.

And, this afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., as I mentioned, the Secretary-General will join the Security Council members in an open meeting on the situation in Ukraine, focused on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Secretary-General will brief in person.

Following the Secretary-General, you will also hear from Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and then you’ll hear from Council members.

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