Middle East, Lebanon & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (2 April 2026) | United Nations

United Nations Spokesperson Briefing · April 2, 2026

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Opening, guest postponed and holiday notice

Announcement

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Spokesperson (Stephane) opened the briefing, announced that a planned guest, Edem Wosornu (director of operations at OCHA), whose appearance was to address Haiti, has been postponed until next week, and reminded correspondents that the UN Secretariat will observe an upcoming UN holiday for Good Friday though the Security Council may require the headquarters to remain open.

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UN spokesperson Stephane briefed journalists on escalating crises across the Middle East, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, the humanitarian fallout in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, new peacebuilding funding for Guinea-Bissau, and other UN business; he also answered questions about a potential Strait of Hormuz resolution and recent incendiary rhetoric from the U.S. president.

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