Ukraine, Climate & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (27 April 2022)

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The topics: Noon Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson of the Secretary-General. Highlights: - Secretary-General/Travels - Climate - Deputy Secretary-General/Sustainable Development - Security Council - Syria - Central African Republic - Horn of Africa - Caribbean - Resident Coordinators - UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize - Land Degradation - Measles - Myanmar - Noon Briefing Guests Tomorrow - Financial Contributions SECRETARY-GENERAL/TRAVELS The Secretary-General was traveling this morning from Poland to Ukraine, and he has recently arrived in Kyiv. Tomorrow, he will meet there with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and we expect him to speak to the press, as well. Yesterday evening, upon his arrival in Rzeszów, Poland, on his way to Ukraine, the Secretary-General was received by the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda.  The Secretary-General expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude to the President for the generosity of the Polish people, for the manner in which they opened their homes and their hearts to almost two million Ukrainian refugees. The Secretary-General also briefed the President on his meetings in Moscow and Ankara.  Yesterday afternoon, we also shared a readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation. During the tête-a-tête meeting, the Secretary-General reiterated the United Nations’ position on Ukraine, and they discussed the proposals for humanitarian assistance and evacuation of civilians from conflict zones, namely in relation to the situation in Mariupol. The President agreed, in principle, to the involvement of the United Nations and the International Committee for the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. CLIMATE Today, the Secretary-General addressed, in a video message, the first meeting of his High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emission Commitments of Non-State Entities. He told them that it is essential that we ensure the credibility and environmental integrity of net zero pledges. “We need to ensure net-zero commitments are ambitious and credible, and that they align with the highest standards of environmental integrity and transparency,” he said. He also asked the group to work in an inclusive and open manner, adding that the best protection against any accusation of “special interests” will be the full transparency of the group’s consultations and process. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=27%20April%202022


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