New York, 16 December 2020 As delivered Thank you very much indeed, Mr. President. I will focus today on five areas: first, COVID-19; second, the humanitarian impact of the economic crisis; third,...
as delivered New York, 27 October 2020 Thank you very much indeed, Mr. President. I will focus today on five areas: first, the COVID-19 outbreak; second, violence and insecurity affecting civilians...
New York, 16 September 2020 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. I will start by paying tribute to three humanitarian colleagues killed in northern Aleppo on Monday. A staff member of the Turkish...
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. I will focus today on four main areas: First, the support humanitarian agencies are delivering to people across Syria. Second, the economic situation and its...
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Virtual Meeting, 30 June 2020 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for participating in today’s event. The Secretary-General’s words speak to the magnitude of this crisis. The numbers...
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As delivered New York, 29 June 2020 Thank you, Mr. President. As of this morning, Syrian government authorities have confirmed 256 cases of COVID-19 in Syria, including nine fatalities. Six cases...
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...