Source: United Nations (video statements)
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
Guest
Secretary-General on the Death of Ratko Mladić
Asia Floods
Secretary-General – Ebola / DRC
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Central African Republic
Security Council/Syria
Deputy Secretary-General/India
Senior Personnel Appointment – UNOPS
World Lake Day
Asia Floods
I think you heard quite an extensive update form our Resident Coordinator in Nepal. I do want to add a bit on Tom Fletcher, our Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and our Emergency Relief Coordinator. He remains in close contact of course with our teams in the region as well as with the Nepalese and Chinese authorities.
Today, he spoke with the Foreign Minister of Nepal, offering the UN support and expressing the condolences on behalf of the UN system. He also spoke with the Resident Coordinator and also participated in some of the Country Team meetings.
Mr. Fletcher has also been in touch with representatives of the Government of China, also expressing condolences and offering our support.
He’s also allocated $2 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund in order to save lives with emergency medical care, shelter and water.
Secretary-General – Ebola / DRC
Also this morning, you heard from the Secretary-General, who spoke about the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In his remarks, the Secretary-General stressed that Ebola can be stopped, but that the world must overcome what he calls "the virus of indifference". He warned that international attention and resources continue to lag behind the realities on the ground.
The Secretary-General said that the $2.13 billion humanitarian needs and response plan is only 48 per cent funded and appealed for additional resources to scale up the response, warning that the current funding will only last weeks and not months.
Meanwhile, our humanitarian colleagues on the ground, together with our partners, are increasing safe and dignified burial capacity in the affected provinces, and that is as you know a critical measure to prevent further transmission of the virus, which remains highly contagious even after death. They have deployed about 35 additional mobile safe and dignified burial teams and 286 community-based teams to support disease surveillance and burials as needed.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-08-27