as delivered New York, 19 May 2020 Thank you, Mr. President. I will focus my briefing today on two areas. First: the impact of COVID-19 in Syria and the preparedness and response measures underway. ...
Thank you, Mr. President. I know you had a briefing from Geir Pedersen this morning, so I will try to complement what he said. I will start today by joining my humanitarian colleagues and the...
New York, 30 March 2019 Thank you very much, Mr. President, My briefing today will focus on four areas: First: the COVID-19 crisis and the potential implications including for humanitarian operations...
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Civilians across northwest Syria are experiencing a grave humanitarian crisis. Military activity in the region has displaced nearly one million people since December. Most of them are women and...
As delivered New York, 19 February 2020 Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to start by paying tribute to two of our humanitarian colleagues, staff members of Oxfam, who were killed this afternoon...
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, Geir has just updated you on the political and military developments. So, let me update you on the humanitarian situation. In the week since I last briefed you...
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, I want today to: First, express my alarm about the dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation affecting women and children in particular in the northwest of...
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New York, 14 November 2019 As delivered Thank you, Madam President: As the conflict in Syria evolves, one fact remains: it is the people of Syria who continue to bear the consequences of...
Thank you, Madam High Representative and Vice-President, for gathering us today. When we came together in Brussels six months ago, I reminded you that Syria remains one of the great humanitarian...
As delivered Thank you, Madam President. I want again today to start with the situation around Idleb, on which we have briefed you many times over the last four months. The Secretary-General issued...
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Last Friday, 26 July, I spoke via a video link to Dr Mohammed Abrash, a surgeon at Idleb Central Hospital. Trained in Aleppo, he has been a physician for 28...
Today marks the 80th day since fighting escalated on 29 April. For 80 days people around the world have watched in horror as war planes and artillery shelling kill and injure civilians and destroy...
Mr. President, This is the fifth humanitarian briefing on Syria that we have given you in the Security Council in the last eight weeks. Week after week, we have highlighted the impact of the...
As delivered New York, 18 June 2019 Mr. President, You will all have seen what the Secretary-General said earlier today, which Rosemary has also just referred to. I briefed this Council one month ago...
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New York, 17 May 2019 As delivered Thank you very much, Mr President. The last three weeks have seen a deadly escalation of the conflict in northwestern Syria. The Secretary-General has been warning...
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On Behalf of The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Director of...
Brussels, 14 March 2019 As delivered The humanitarian needs in Syria remain great, and your support continues to provide a lifeline for millions of people. Let me first share a message from the UN...
BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SYRIA New York, 26 February 2019 Mr. President, distinguished Council members, I provide this update today on behalf of the...
As delivered UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, MARK LOWCOCK New York, 30 January 2019 Thank you, Mr. President. The people of Syria are suffering a...
New York, 13 December 2018 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin today by thanking you for your decision just now to pass Security Council resolution 2449 (2018). Cross-border aid...