Source: United Nations (Video News)
UN personnel often work under incredibly challenging circumstances, especially in the deep field where the security situation is volatile and emergencies or critical incidents are the norm. On this #WorldMentalHealthDay, we celebrate all stress counsellors who promote #MentalHealthintheWorkplace.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller was in Nogales, Arizona, meeting with local CBP leadership and workforce from across Southern Arizona. While in Arizona, Mr. Miller hosted a media availability to discuss CBP’s enhanced enforcement efforts that are enhancing the safety and security of our communities.
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Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Our Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the immediate availability of $100 million in Emergency Relief funds for the North Carolina Department of Transportation to help pay for the costs of immediate emergency work resulting from Hurricane Helene flood damage.
FHWA Acting Administrator Kristin White traveled to North Carolina to join Gov. Roy Cooper to see recovery efforts underway after Hurricane Helene.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Lebanon
– Lebanon/Humanitarian
– Syria
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Secretary-General Travel
– Deputy Secretary-General
– Sudan
– Central African Republic
– Myanmar
– Protection of children
– World Mental Health Day
– Guest today
Lebanon
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) issued a statement this morning saying that two of its peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall. The injuries are fortunately – this time – not serious, but the peacekeepers remain in hospital.
In a separate incident, Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system. An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance.
Also, UNIFIL says that, yesterday, IDF soldiers deliberately fired at and disabled the position’s perimeter-monitoring cameras. They also deliberately fired on UNP 1-32A in Ras Naqoura – where regular Tripartite meetings were held before the conflict began. Lights and a relay station were damaged.
UNIFIL reminds the IDF and all parties of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times. UNIFIL peacekeepers are present in south Lebanon to support a return to stability under a Security Council mandate. Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of Security Council Resolution 1701. Our peacekeepers are following up with the IDF on these matters.
This comes as the recent escalation along the Blue Line is causing widespread destruction of towns and villages in south Lebanon, while rockets continue to be launched towards Israel, including civilian areas.
In the past days, our peacekeepers say incursions from Israel into Lebanon were seen in Naqoura and other areas. IDF soldiers have clashed with Hizbullah elements on the ground in Lebanon.
Later this afternoon, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, and the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will brief Security Council members on the situation in Lebanon. That meeting will be followed by consultations.
Lebanon/Humanitarian
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that despite the challenges and a tense security situation, humanitarian organizations continue to deliver aid in coordination with national and local authorities.
Today, a joint mission comprising UN and NGO partners delivered 12 trucks of aid to the towns of Rmeish, Ain Ebel, and Debel in the south of the country. The supplies included food, water, hygiene kits and will support more than 4,000 people. This was the first mission there since July 2024.
UNICEF has also delivered 33 tons of medical supplies to the Ministry of Public Health, including emergency health kits to ensure safe deliveries for pregnant women, as well as essential medicine.
To maintain these efforts, additional funding is urgently needed. While commitments are appreciated, immediate contributions to the $426 million Flash Appeal – which is 12 per cent funded – are vital to continue the response.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=10%20October%202024
Source: United States Department of Justice (video statements)
The Justice Department announced that TD Bank N.A. (TDBNA), the 10th largest bank in the United States, and its parent company TD Bank US Holding Company (TDBUSH) has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the Justice Department’s investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and money laundering.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Interview with Dr. Alaa Slih Hamadto, a cleantech entrepreneur from Sudan.
Dr. Alaa Slih Hamadto is the CEO and founder of Solar Foods, a clean technology startup and pioneer in the dried food industry in Sudan. Solar Foods purchases produce from smallholder farmers, dries it with solar energy, and packages it in an environmentally friendly manner that meets the needs of both the retail and wholesale market.
Dr. Hamadto was a participant of the panel “Women, Peace, and Security: How to Promote Stability in Conflict-affected Countries by Funding Female Entrepreneurs” at the 5th World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum in Bahrain on 16 May 2024.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
In this compelling video, Artificial Intelligence (AI) re-enactments bring to life the testimonies of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) from Burundi, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq. These accounts shed light on the barriers that survivors/victims face in reporting, and the challenges practitioners face in responding to and documenting CRSV cases in conflict settings. The video highlights the entrenched gender inequalities that disproportionately affect women and girls, and recognises that men and boys are also survivors/victims. The video explores the international legal frameworks in place and the crucial role of Senior Women Protection Advisors in peacekeeping settings, emphasizing the criticality of comprehensive CRSV prevention and response to protecting women, girls, men and boys from CRSV and to achieving peace and security.
More information on how UN Peacekeeping addresses CRSV: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/conflict-related-sexual-violence
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Source: United Nations (Video News)
Describing the scale of devastation in Gaza as unparalled, a UN official in the region details the severe consequences for mothers and pregnant women. Nestor Owomuhangi, Representative in Palestine of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says the odds of women miscarrying or dying in childbirth have tripled, while malnutrition stalks mothers trying to breastfeed.
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Learn with the Lords Day brought students from across the country to Parliament to learn more about the role and work of the House of Lords and meet a Lords member.
Hear from the students who took part about what they learned.
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Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Did you know you can apply for a free Learn with the Lords session for your school? A member of the House of Lords will visit your class to deliver a presentation and answer questions from pupils.
The Learn with the Lords programme brings @UKParliament to life for students and helps them develop a better understanding of the vital role of the UK Parliament’s second chamber.
Hear from teachers who took part in a special Learn with the Lords Day, which brought students from across the country to Parliament to learn more about the role and work of the House of Lords and meet a Lords member.
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Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Keynote – Financial Literacy: Why Should Central Banks Care
Annamaria Lusardi, Stanford University
Keynote chair: Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, gives the Welcome speech for the 5th Joint BoC – ECB – NY Fed Conference on 1. October, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
On this day, we recognise the rights of girl children everywhere.
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Source: US Army (video statements)
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Source: US Army (video statements)
About the U.S. Army:
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Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Spokesperson Matthew Miller leads the Department Press Briefing, at the Department of State, on October 10, 2024.
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Source: United States of America – The White House (video statements)
In honor of International Day of the Girl, First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council hosts the second “Girls Leading Change” event at the White House to recognize the profound impact young women are having on their communities across the United States.
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Source: US National Guard (video statements)
A Connecticut Army National Guard aircrew delivers essential supplies to the remote community of Little Switzerland, North Carolina, aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as part of Hurricane Helene relief efforts, Oct. 7, 2024. The highly skilled pilots executed a technical landing in a small area to deliver life-saving supplies to this cut-off community. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Christy Van Drunen)
Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the news media at the Pentagon. The briefing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov.
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Source: United States of America – The White House (video statements)
While traveling to Georgia and North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Vice President Harris reaffirmed that she, President Biden, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration will be with the southeast as they rebuild and recover.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Recovery efforts in the aftermath of a hurricane can be immense and require close coordination at both the federal and the state levels. The airspace around the recovery efforts have high levels of aviation activity, including small airplanes, helicopters, and drones. The FAA’s goal at all times is to ensure safety and help facilitate this critical work.
Learn more about operating near hurricane recovery efforts: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/hurricane_season/operating-near-hurricane-recovery-efforts
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Lebanon
– Senior Personnel Appointment
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Lao PDR
– Deputy Secretary-General
– Libya
– Sudan
– South Sudan
– Zambia
– Ukraine
– Nepal
– Haiti
– Senior Personnel Appointment
– Nansen Award
– Post Day
– Briefings today and tomorrow
Lebanon
We have an update from our peacekeeping colleagues in southern Lebanon. Over the past 24 hours, the exchanges of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Hizbullah have continued to intensify. Peacekeepers observe large-scale air strikes by Israel, mainly across southern Lebanon, concurrent with its ground activities in the areas of Marun ar-Ras, Bint Jbeil, Aytarun, Kafr Kila and Labbouneh. They have also continued to observe fire by Hizbullah towards Israel.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed that yesterday [8 October] IDF personnel vacated their position in the vicinity of UNIFIL post UNP 6-52, although movement of IDF personnel and vehicles continues on a nearby road.
Some UN positions have been impacted, sustaining damage from numerous incidents, including to a security camera at UNP 1-31, damage to perimeter walls, gunshots on a vehicle, and shrapnel damage to prefab accommodation. Fortunately, there are no reports of peacekeepers wounded.
As we have been saying repeatedly, the safety and security of our peacekeepers is a paramount priority and is a shared responsibility of all parties.
All parties must abide by their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law.
We also reiterate our call, both for immediate de-escalation and for the parties to return to a cessation of hostilities and the full implementation of Resolution 1701.
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Turning to Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has an update on the situation in the northern areas. In recent days, Israeli authorities once again ordered more than 400,000 people who remain north of Wadi Gaza to move south, while at the same time tightening access restrictions and expanding military operations in the north. Crossing points into northern Gaza have been largely closed for both humanitarian and commercial supplies. Checkpoints inside Gaza are only permitting civilians to move south — and allowing just a trickle of humanitarian movement into the north.
OCHA warns that these developments are forcing services critical for people’s survival to shut down one by one. According to the UN Relief and Works Agency, seven schools sheltering displaced people are being evacuated, and only two of eight water wells in the Jabalya refugee camp remain functional.
The north is also facing severe shortages of bread and food supplies. Explosive munitions burned down the only bakery supported by the World Food Programme in Jabalya refugee camp.
Today, OCHA and the World Health Organization tried to reach northern Gaza to support the Kamal Adwan hospital, after Israeli authorities ordered its immediate evacuation. After receiving a green light from the Israeli authorities for the mission, the team was forced to wait at a holding point for many hours. Ultimately, the mission had to be aborted.
Despite these challenges, aid workers are seizing any opportunity to support people in northern Gaza. UNRWA is utilizing limited stocks already in the north to distribute high-energy biscuits from WFP to children in designated shelters and delivering bread bundles to families in certain areas. Hot meals are being distributed by our partners to newly displaced families, some of whom are also receiving tents. And water is being delivered using trucks.
Ukraine
Turning to Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says intense attacks in the south and east of the country this week have killed and injured dozens of civilians and damaged homes, a hospital and schools.
Authorities and partners on the ground in the southern city of Kherson report that about 20 civilians – including children – were injured in attacks on Monday. At least 280 apartments in 10 buildings were also damaged.
NGOs have mobilized emergency assistance – including first aid, food kits and shelter materials – to help families cover the damage to their homes as winter approaches.
Aid workers continue to provide emergency support, including in Chornomorsk Town in the Odesa Region, where attacks yesterday and today injured five civilians and damaged multiple homes and a hospital. Those affected received emergency shelter kits and psychosocial support, as well as child protection and case management services.
OCHA saus that inter-agency convoys also reached war-affected communities in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions this week, delivering essential hygiene supplies, winter clothes, blankets and charging stations.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=09%20October%202024
Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Matthew Miller, at the Department of State, on October 9, 2024.
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Source: US National Guard (video statements)
As of Oct. 9, 2024, more than 5,100 National Guard members from nine states are preparing for Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio)
Source: US Army (video statements)
On Day 9 of the #ArmyBestSquad Competition, participants completed the Ranger Obstacle Course, weapons box, 18-mile foot march and stress shoot to close out this phase of the event at Fort Liberty, N.C. The teams will travel to Washington, D.C., to finish out the final parts of the competition.
Source: European Commission (video statements)
Joint press statements by Maia SANDU, President of Moldova and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission
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Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity’s ability to tackle climate change.
Two experts from the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics look at the diplomacy and real-world reality of climate change politics and economics, with a particular focus on the global South.
This episode is published to coincide with the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, find out more here: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-global-future-councils-2024/
Guests:
Arun Sharma, senior advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group
Varun Sivaram, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations
Co-host:
Jessica Margolis, Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum
Links:
The World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils: https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils/ Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-geopolitics/
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Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Select PNNL staff and Washington State University Tri-Cities students participate in entrepreneurial training called Energy I-Corp, funded by the Department of Energy. PNNL research teams are paired with WSU student teams to create a plan to take a PNNL-developed technology to market.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
This storm is catastrophic. We have hundreds of DOT personnel on the ground supporting life-saving preparations for Hurricane Milton, as well as carrying out response and recovery efforts for communities impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell hosts a virtual daily briefing to discuss FEMA’s actions to prepare for Hurricane Milton and ongoing response to Hurricane Helene.