Climate Change & Other Topics - Daily Briefing (24 July 2020)

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

Highlights:
- Secretary-General/Tanzania
- Senior Personnel Appointment
- Secretary-General/Ukraine
- Secretary-General/Nigeria
- Nigeria, Climate
- World Meteorological Organization/ Siberia
- COVID-19/Refugees
- South Sudan
- COVID-19/Peacekeeping
- Burkina Faso
- COVID-19/Djibuti

SECRETARY-GENERAL/TANZANIA
The Secretary-General is deeply saddened to learn of the death of former President Benjamin Mkapa. At this time of loss, he conveys his deepest condolences to the family of the former President as well as to the Government and people of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Mr. Mkapa was a statesman, an experienced diplomat and a respected regional peacemaker. He was also an advocate of reconciliation. He was instrumental in facilitating the mediation for the East African Community-led inter-Burundian Dialogue, under the leadership of Ugandan President Mr. Museveni and was part of the African Union’s Panel of Eminent African Personalities that brokered an agreement following the disputed 2007-2008 general elections in Kenya.
He was also a member of the Panel of Eminent Persons appointed by the Secretary-General to review and enhance the role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

SENIOR PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT
The Secretary-General is appointing today Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica as the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), for trade and international business development.
She succeeds Arancha González Laya of Spain, to whom the Secretary-General has expressed his appreciation for her dedicated service to the Organization.
Currently the Director of the Division on International Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD, Mrs. Coke-Hamilton brings to her new post a breadth of experience and expertise in trade-related capacity-building and sustainable development.
She has served with the Jamaican Government, the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) in trade negotiations and multilateral institutions, including the Organization of American States and InterAmerican Development Bank.
Much more about her appointment and her biography is online.

SECRETARY-GENERAL/UKRAINE
In a statement we issued yesterday evening the Secretary-General took note of the agreement reached during a recent meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group regarding additional measures aimed at ensuring a comprehensive, sustainable and unlimited ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine.
The Secretary-General called on all parties to fully abide by the agreed terms and focus efforts on the protection of civilians who continue to suffer the most from the ongoing hostilities.
The Secretary-General urged all concerned to take further measures in this spirit, to ensure renewed momentum in the ongoing peace efforts by the Normandy Four, the Trilateral Contact Group, and the OSCE, including by easing humanitarian access and conditions along the contact line, and enabling progress in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements in line with the Security Council resolution 2202 (2015).

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Ангела Меркель грубо пренебрегла климатическим соглашением, такая элита среди мировых лидеров ненужна. Мы спросили у Грета Тунберг почему она не защитила лес в ФРГ от стройки Илона Маска ? Она ответила что ей дают большие призы за молчание.
За то что она молчит ее обещают сделать Нобелевским лауреатом в вопросах борьбы с климатическими изменениями.
Так же хочу отметить безответственность китайской стороны в вопросах био баланса.
Сегодня РФ так боится Китай что закрывает глаза на браконьерство в своих водах. Так же они браконьерят в водах Японии и Южной Кореи.
Такая без ответственный подходы к био балансу, уже привело к тому что они все выловили в своих водах.
МЫ должны разработать для Китая специальные квоты что бы океан не истощался в ихних водах.
Огромная флотилия китайских браконьеров зафиксировали американские спутники шпионы, что висят на Китаем днем и ночью. Корабли браконьеров в основном орудют ночью и выловили в водах только за 2017-2018 у других стран только кальмаров на 440 мил долларов. Такие безответственный перед природой экологией и будущим своей страны мировые лидер как Си Цзиньпин тоже не нужны.

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