somalia religion Security Council's debate on protection of civilians & other topics - Daily Briefing (23 May 2019)

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

Daily Press Briefing:
- Security Council,
- Somalia,
- Central African Republic,
- Ebola,
- Western Sahara,
- Syria,
- Haiti,
- International Day to End Obstetric Fistula,
- International Peacekeepers’ Day

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

SECURITY COUNCIL
The Security Council is holding an open debate today on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The Secretary-General noted the progress made on the issue in the last two decades. He said that a culture of protection has taken root in the Security Council and across the United Nations, pointing examples such as the protection of children in armed conflict and civilians from sexual violence in conflict and how the UN peace operations have protected and saved countless of lives.
Despite such advances, the Secretary-General said, grave human suffering is still being caused by armed conflicts and lack of compliance with international humanitarian law.
He said civilians continue to make up the vast majority of casualties in conflict, with more than 22,800 civilians dying or being injured in 2018 in just six countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
The Secretary-General stressed the need for the Security Council to do more to enhance compliance with the laws of war.

SOMALIA
Yesterday afternoon, the Council met on Somalia and heard from Raisedon Zenenga, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative.
He told Council members that the UN Mission in Somalia began the new year facing a security crisis as a result of a mortar attack on the UN compound on New Year’s Day, as well as a political crisis due to the expulsion of the Special Representative, Nicholas Haysom.
Mr. Zenenga said that these two incidents on the same day severely disrupted the Mission’s engagement with the Government and its implementing mandate.
For her part, the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, said that the humanitarian situation in Somalia remains among the most protracted crises in the world. She expressed particular concern over the ongoing drought, the plight of internally displaced people, and the need to enhance the protection of civilians.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has condemned the attack that took place on Tuesday in Ooham-Pende Prefecture. As of today, more than 50 people are being reported to have been killed, and we expect a statement a bit later today.
A joint mission by the peacekeepers and the Central African Government and the African Union as well as the Economic Community of Central African States are expected to be deployed to the affected areas on 25 May to defuse tensions, assist victims and displaced persons and reassure communities. The UN peacekeepers are undertaking robust patrols in and around the area while the Mission and the Government are also engaging on local-level dialogue to ease tensions and prevent a retaliatory response by anti-Balaka fighters.

EBOLA
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations is stepping up its response to the Ebola epidemic, which is now in its tenth month in the country and has claimed more than 1,200 lives.
The Secretary-General has set up a strengthened coordination and support mechanism at the epidemic’s epicenter in Butemba, with the deputy head of the UN Mission, David Gressly, having been appointed as the UN’s Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator.
Mr. Gressly noted that responders to Ebola are working in an environment of unprecedented complexity for a public health emergency, with insecurity and political protests having led to disruptions in the efforts to fight the disease.
Mr. Gressly will oversee the coordination of international support for the Ebola response and work to ensure that an enabling environment—particularly in terms of security and political issues—is in place to allow the Ebola response to be even more effective.
He will work closely with the World Health Organization, which will continue to lead all health operations and technical support activities with the Government.

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