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UN spokesperson summarizes secretary-general warnings on Sudan escalation and global humanitarian crises
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At a UN press briefing, the UN spokesperson summarized Secretary‑General remarks outlining an escalation in Sudan, humanitarian shortfalls in Gaza and Ukraine, a reported attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers on the Blue Line, arbitrary detentions of UN staff in Yemen, and anticipatory humanitarian action for Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
At a United Nations press briefing, the UN spokesperson (identified in the transcript as "Steph") summarized Secretary‑General remarks and flagged multiple urgent situations worldwide, saying the capture of Al Foshar by Rapid Support Forces marked "a terrible escalation" and urging the international community to "speak clearly to all countries interfering in the war and providing weapons".
The spokesperson said the secretary‑general, speaking after events in Malaysia, also denounced continuing bloodshed in Myanmar and warned that under current conditions "any elections in Myanmar risks further exclusion and instability." The briefing noted the secretary‑general's call for leaders meeting ahead of COP30 to agree a plan to limit warming to 1.5°C and to mobilize $1.3 trillion annually in climate finance for developing countries by 2035.
On Lebanon, the spokesperson reported an incident along the Blue Line in which an Israeli drone dropped a grenade "in the vicinity of a UNIFIL patrol" and an Israeli tank subsequently fired a shot at peacekeepers in Kafr Kila; she said "no one was injured" and called "any action that may endanger the…
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