Source: United Nations (video statements)
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-General/Migration
– Afghanistan/Pakistan
– Afghanistan/Humanitarian
– Iran/US
– Sudan
– South Sudan
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– UN Interim Force in Lebanon
– Madagascar
– Niger
– Brazil
– International Days
– Financial Contributions
SECRETARY-GENERAL/MIGRATION
Today, at 3:00 p.m., the Secretary-General will deliver remarks at the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly Plenary to hear a briefing on the Report of the Secretary-General on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The meeting will take place in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.
In his remarks, the Secretary-General is expected to highlight that human mobility is profoundly shaping our world, and yet, instead of responding with cooperation, the global reaction has too often been driven by fear, division, and rank opportunism. He will note that safe and regular pathways are becoming ever more restrictive, and when pathways are blocked, migrants do not disappear, they are pushed into danger, exploitation, and the hands of smugglers.
The Secretary-General will call on all to choose cooperation over chaos, and dignity over discrimination, and to make the Global Compact real, in every region, on every route, for every migrant.
Amy Pope, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, will also deliver remarks.
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the impact it has on civilian populations. He calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities. The Secretary-General reiterates his call on the parties to resolve any differences through diplomacy.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-02-27