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

Highlights:

-Afghanistan
-Occupied Palestinian Territory
-Haiti/Political
-Haiti
-Lebanon
-Philippines
-Global Cybersecurity Forum
-International Day Of Older Persons
-Financial Contribution
-Briefing/Tomorrow

AFGHANISTAN
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that in the last few hours, a nearly 48-hour cut in the Internet and telecommunications connectivity across the country appears to have been reversed, with services resuming nationwide. The cut was implemented without clear explanation from the de facto Taliban authorities and appears to have been reversed also without an explanation. UNAMA adds that in addition, it appears that commercial air traffic, in addition to United Nations flights, are also now cleared to resume normally. As mentioned yesterday, the communications cut has risked inflicting multiple negative impacts on the Afghan people: on economic stability, on the continued grave situation for Afghan women and girls, and on the rights of all Afghan people to freedom of expression and access to information and privacy.
The cut has also disrupted our own work, ranging from the Security Council-mandated work of the UN Mission in Kabul to the vital and lifesaving humanitarian assistance and basic human needs work of the multiple UN agencies, funds, and programmes who are all operating in Afghanistan, as well as their own international and local partners. That work includes critical assistance to victims of the recent earthquakes.
The UN welcomes the reversal of this ban, and will continue to watch developments closely.

Full highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=01%20October%202025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYm2I5_B-zY

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More than eight years after over 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for sprawling camps in Bangladesh, the crisis remains unresolved. On Tuesday, world leaders, UN officials and civil society groups convened in New York for a high-level summit to confront not just the humanitarian emergency, but the geopolitical deadlock that perpetuates it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_eoyhhHw0

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Briefing by Bintou Keita, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bintou Keita, said “peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still mostly a promise,” and “will not last if the underlying drivers of conflict are not addressed.”

Presenting the Secretary-General’s latest report, Keita told the Security Council in New York that “there are discrepancies between the progress we see on paper and the reality we observe on the ground which continues to be marred with violence.”

She stated that the key provisions of Security Council resolution 2773 “remain largely unimplemented,” and despite the Council’s requests, the AFC/M23 armed group has “continued to pursue a logic of territorial expansion and consolidation.”

This and other issues, Keita said, underscore “the persisting gap between the decisions of this Council and the realities on the ground.”

She called upon the Council “to bring about a permanent ceasefire and a durable peace agreement that will establish stability in eastern DRC,” adding that “only then, will commitments be translated into meaningful progress for the people.”

Keita stressed that “illegal mining, looting of natural resources and illicit financial flows continue to fuel violence,” and said, “these activities must be stopped.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhDtS1T-Fhk

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Joint statement delivered by Ambassador Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, on behalf of Panama, the United States, Guyana, Haiti, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Kenya and other Member States, on the question concerning Haiti.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk0LGVMRiqM

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Comments to the media by Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), on the situation in the country (EN/FR).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALEipX-L87E