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Good morning.

Welcome to the press briefing of the Information Service here at Geneva.

Today is the 4th of June.

We have quite a brief briefing for once, but I'm sure it would be extremely interesting.

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And now let me we speak to English, but you have you can speak in French.

As you have seen, we have also spoken a lot about in in French this morning.

So I have the pleasure to have with us together with Chabia, Monsieur Vincent Costelle.

You all know Vanson.

I think he's now the UNHCR Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean situation, and he comes with a briefing on the situation of refugees and migrants on route from Africa to Europe.

We have the floor, Vanson.

Thank you very much, Sean.

Good morning, everyone.

As you know, I, I, I want teach you anything.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants on refugee are embarking on dangerous journalism.

Various African routes leading to the Central Mediterranean.

Those people are coming from from various African countries, about 20 different African countries, but we also see an increase of people coming from outside the region, from the Middle East as well as from Southwest Asia, in particular from Bangladesh and from Pakistan.

The euro they face on the on the journey have been documented in a number of reports and we will come up with a new report later on in June with our partners from IOM on the mixed migration centre.

But what is important is that to keep in mind that protection services along the routes can help mitigate the risk those people face on the route and can offer a dignified alternative.

I'm hearing that in, in many capitals when we engage with government, you know, they say they should, people should stay where they are, find protection close to their country of origin.

Why do they need to embark on those dangerous journey?

Well, there are many reasons why they embark on those dangerous journey on one of the reason is sometime the lack of effective protection services along the route.

So today we are publishing and launching in different language a new report, which is a tool basically to map out what are the protection services in 14 countries along those routes.

And the main finding is that, well, there is a huge discrepancy in the availability of those services in the different countries.

And compared to the previous edition, this is the third edition of that report, there are less services available.

So that narrative about where, where people should stay, where they are, they are, there are ways to address their problem where they are.

Actually, it's not true.

In many countries, the services that were there in 2022-2023 are no longer there.

This is the case in particular in Morocco, in Mauritania, in Sudan, because of the conflict in the northern part of Niger, in the southern part of Algeria.

So basically these are in key UPS, key crossing roads that are used by migrants from refugee.

You know, many don't go through capital cities where humanitarian actors are based.

When represented, they embark into secondary routes, reaching smaller cities, smaller communities in our to in our to reach area.

And that's where the services should be located.

Again, for us, that's on a four to be route based.

In our approach, we need to look at the dynamic of those mixed movement of migrants from refugee and we also need to keep in mind that those mixed movement are not just towards North Africa, not just towards Europe.

They are mainly wheezy in Africa.

There are a lot of South S movement W East movement on the African continent in terms of migrants and refugee.

What are the protection services lacking?

Essentially, at this stage there is a lack of basic humanitarian assistance along certain routes close to border areas.

Shelter, immediate shelter for people who have been exposed to violence, on access to justice, which is almost non existent.

There is something also that is concerning when reading the report on comparing to previous editions, is that this idea of partnering with local authorities not yet something we do.

Well, I'm not just talking about your issue.

I'm talking about all humanitarian actors, about development actors, about the way donors engage with local actors.

And we all committed to this agenda of localization many years ago during the Global Humanitarian Summit.

Yet our capacity to partner directly with local authorities is missing.

Yet those local authorities are there.

They are located on those routes that are used for migrants and refugee.

They are located in places where humanitarian actors cannot be present, either because of safety concern or because the the the authorities don't want humanitarian actors to be present.

But the local authorities are there and they could be able to provide that those immediate protection service on quality referrals.

So for whom this report is destined, well, it's destined first two states.

They need to understand those gaps and that as long as those gaps continue, people will continue to transit in all direction and continue to suffer on the territory of their states.

We hope that this report can help structure a meaningful dialogue between States and local authorities and recognise the critical importance they can play along those routes.

The report is also for humanitarian actors.

You know, at a time where resources are limited.

I think we need to, we need to Co locate, we need to take advantage of each other's presence.

We need less competition and certainly we need to be present where the risk are the most accurate along those routes and again, not necessarily in capital cities where those problems are occurring.

The report is also for donors.

It's not the the common comfort zone of donors to partner with local actors.

But I think we need that reflection.

It's not just local NGOs, it's the local authorities, as I said, along those key routes.

Finally, the report is for migrants and refugees also lost stranded ***** on those roads.

The report is, is not an academic piece of research.

It's a simple guidebook that explain a bit where services are available that gives the GPS coordinate the WhatsApp number of those providing services along the route.

So that's a useful a useful tool for them and we will try to adapt all our communication tools with refugees and migrants in their language to make that information available.

Thank you for your attention.

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The concept of desert rescue I thought was fascinating and I'm wondering what efforts are are currently underway.

What are the challenges and and which projects are most advanced at this stage?

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Except is interesting, it has been implemented in the past a bit by the Niger authorities north of Agades with the gender marine national picking up people stranded, abandoned by by smugglers and and traffickers.

We understand that today it's no longer implemented by large and American National, OK, there is no more search and rescue along that route.

It is implemented.

The only country in the world, I mean the only country on the African continent where I know that this concept is implemented is in Djibouti, where the Djibouti and authorities are patrolling their their coast.

But on on the land side of the coast to, to see people that have been abandoned by, by smugglers there in desert areas or people who have returned with the same smugglers from Yemen and who are dropped in the middle of nowhere.

So they bring them back to a reception centre that IOM is managing in Hobok on one example of of interaction with agencies that well, if IOM is present in OBOC, we don't need UNITIA doesn't need to be in OBOC.

We just partner and make sure referrals are working.

But we certainly need, we need the development of such a concept in southern Nigeria, in in South Morocco, in some parts of Mauritania.

We would we would need that to save more life and bring back to safety people stranded or abandoned there.

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At 2 o'clock, UNHCR is giving this press conference on the Annual Report on Global Trends Enforced Displacement 2024.

This is under embargo until the 13th of June at 5 O1 CST and Filippo Grande will be with us that day for this press conference, together with Tarek Abu Shabak, UNHCR Chief Statistician.

So I take this opportunity to remind you of this press conference and also to take the opportunity to say hello to Babar Baruch, who's back is in the room.

Babar is here.

Happy Tuesday.

Babar, we're very happy to see you back.

And thank you very much to UNHCR.

And of course, yeah, William is also here.

But other colleagues of UNHCR, I'd like to really thank them all and thank Vanson for this extensive briefing.

We haven't finished with the with the topics.

I have Claire on the line and thank you very much.

I have to remind you.

First of all, let me let me give the floor to Claire.

But before doing so, because the two things are related, I'd like to remind you.

We have sent you several messages about this, but I'd like to remind you that tomorrow, the 5th of June, as we all know, it's World Environment Day.

In this current situation.

We'll hear more from Claire where climate records are shattered and emissions continue to rise.

The Secretary General will deliver a pivotal speech called A Moment of Truth, setting out some hard hitting truths about the state of the climate, the grotesque risk leaders are running, and what companies and countries, particularly the G7 and G20 countries, need to do over the next 18 months to salvage humanity's chances of a livable future.

And the Secretary General will also share data from the WMO, the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the indicators of global climate change.

This speech will be delivered at the American Museum of Natural History and it will be at 10:00 Geneva, sorry, New York Times 4:00 Geneva time.

It will be live on UN Web TV.

We have sent you immediate advisory about it, but because it's pretty a technical speech statement we have organised today, which is basically 4th of June, same time at 10 New York time for Geneva PM, Geneva time.

A background briefer with Selwyn Hearted, as you know, is the UN Assistant Secretary General and special advisor to the UN Secretariat on Climate Action, but also the Deputy Secretary General, World Meteorological Organisation called Barrett and Julian Nicholas, the senior climate scientist of the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service.

This is a background briefing.

You are invited to it.

It's of course, will be physically done in New York for the journalist in New York, but the Geneva journalists are invited to to join.

We have sent you the details.

There is a lady, Tyrone Howe, who is to be contacted for registration so that you get the link to this background briefing.

And on this, as I said, the SG will also speak about WMO findings.

So I'll give the floor to Claire to tell us more about this and about the press conference that they will also hold tomorrow ahead of the speech of the Secretary General.

Claire, you are muted.

OK.

Thank you.

Yes, thanks.

Everybody.

Yes, just to.

Follow up on what Alessandra just said, the Secretary General's important speech tomorrow in New York will be making use of.

Data.

From the World Meteorological Organisation.

So we've set up an embargoed press briefing for you tomorrow afternoon, obviously.

You know we welcome.

Cameras, it can be filmed.

It's it's on the record.

And the.

Embargo will lift when the UN secretary general has has finished speaking in in New York.

So the press briefing it is with our deputy secretary General Co Barrett.

I think it you know, it's an important.

Opportunity.

To introduce her to you, she is.

She's quite new at WMO.

It will be joined also by one of our scientists, Wolfram Mufuma Okya, and also by the director.

Of the.

Copernicus Climate Change service, Carlo Buen Temple.

So there's different elements here.

The the WMO report and you should have received it under embargo already if you if you haven't.

Please let me know and I'll send it.

To you.

So the WMO report looks ahead.

And then the.

Copernicus Climate Change Service data that they will be looking back at the previous previous 12 months.

So it's you know, it is it is a big it is a big package.

And obviously as Alexandra said, there is a sort of more of a technical background briefing that this afternoon, you know which you are welcome to to join.

That's that's it.

Thanks.

Exactly.

Thank you very much, Claire.

So just to summarise, 4 O clock this afternoon, Geneva time, the background briefing.

So obviously since it's a background not for publication with Selwyn Hart and W Moore and EU Copernicus experts.

Then tomorrow, three O clock press briefing by the Deputy Secretary General of W MO with other experts at 3:00 at for the speech, the the statement of the Secretary General in the American Museum of Natural History.

And at the end of it, the at the end of the statement, because there would be also question and answers at the museum.

But at the end of the statement, the bar was lifted and you would be able to publish about that.

And please register for the background briefing if you want to attend.

You'll have the possibility of asking questions there.

While obviously tomorrow it will be live the Secretary Jones speech, but there will be no opportunities for asking questions from here because it will be live but physically at the American Museum of Natural History.

Hope that this is clear.

We've sent you abundant messages about it, but please don't hesitate to ask if you have questions.

And I see that Christophe has a question.

Yes, I just this embargo thing like how it it's just not possible to have the secretary general speaking for half an hour.

About the topic.

And talking about numbers that are going to be in the report and not being able to use the report in the same.

We're going to write.

Sorry, maybe it's not clear.

Of course you will be able to no.

Because it's embargoed until 4/13.

The embargo, I mean.

You will have a background briefing today to explain.

I know, I understand.

Then tomorrow at 3:00, the press conference by WHWMO.

That press conference is under embargo until the end of it.

You can prepare your work.

You can do what you need to do.

As soon as the SGS finished to speak, you can publish.

That's.

Half an hour after we get all the stuff.

In advance so.

We're not story out possibility.

Why not Chris?

I am not sure I understand your point because you will be able exactly to use.

We will also send you the speech of the Secretary General in advance.

You'll hear more today about it.

WWMO makes a background briefing today, today together with Serene Hart.

So you'll be able to speak also about the report on background.

And then tomorrow you get the press conference with the possibility of asking question.

But you have already had everything else that's just starts to speak when he finishes.

It's it's the Marcus lift.

OK, I hope it's clear enough.

Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

It is a little bit tricky to do that.

I mean, it's like 3:00 and then 4:00.

It's a pretty tight window to get it all put together.

I mean, from purposes of Geneva, it would be, at least for me.

I mean, I'm speaking only for myself here.

It'd be better.

If we could get a briefing a little bit earlier.

Than the speech of the SG.

So that we can have time to digest and get it ready.

Of course, and that is why we have the background briefing this afternoon.

Plus the report is sent to you, plus the speech is sent to you, Everything.

And I remember the.

Background briefing and.

I'm sorry, can interrupt you.

Can will the background briefing be usable for video and text and full purposes?

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Background briefing.

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What do you mean by that?

Yeah, I believe background briefing is something you can use.

The content you can use tomorrow, but you cannot use the background list itself.

OK, background for me means that you don't quote the person by name.

You're saying it's an embargoed briefing.

In other words, we can quote the people by name.

Right, that that is a good point.

Everything is embargoed until the speech of the SG everything.

But you can use whatever and you can and you can.

If I were a journalist, which I'm not, I would go to the back background briefing, understand what's in the report, understanding what's in the speech of the Secretary General.

In the in the meantime, you get as much embargo material as we can send you tomorrow.

You can ask questions at the WMO press briefing, also under embargo.

And then the SG speaks.

End of the speech, you go out.

Everything as much as we can, we will give you beforehand.

Just I'm coming back.

So just to be clear, yes, the.

SG is.

Going to speak at 4:00.

Yes.

And we'll be able to send out our stuff.

As soon as it's.

Finished so that's a half an hour later.

That's that's an eternity for a newswire.

So we won't be able.

He's going to talk about stuff in his speech.

That is in the.

Report which we can not use in what we're going to do.

I'm not sure I'm quite clear.

But we cover.

We cover.

SG.

Reports in real time.

Not so when he says something.

And he's going to have very strong sentences.

What, you mean we're going to send this out?

You mean if the speech is not under embargo, then you will have to wait until the other speech for the WMO?

OK, OK.

Speech is not under embargo and we're not going to wait for the.

FT to finish speaking to.

File.

I see your point now.

And you should expect.

Us to let me check with New York as soon as they wake up, because this is clearly a point that we have to clarify.

We will send it out.

I suppose that in that case, either the speech of the Secretary General is also under embargo so that you can publish everything at 4:30, or that the embargo is lifted when he started to speak.

Let me check.

I think his.

Speech is going.

To be transmitted.

Live, there is no way.

There is no embargo possible.

Yeah, you're right.

If it's like absolutely OK, we'll we'll have to check just.

Change the embargo on the.

Report.

For half an hour earlier.

Then we're fine.

We're golden and it's less.

It's complicated.

And you don't have to.

Negotiate.

OK, I see your point now.

I, I couldn't understand Chris, but thank you very much for to both of you for explaining.

Let me come back to you on this because we have had extensive discussions about the embargo, the background.

So I don't want to take of course, I have to consult with my colleagues in New York.

Let them wake up and we'll come back to you.

We'll send you a message together with Claire so that everything is clear on this, on this issue of when the embargo is lifted for the WMO and of course, as you say, the SG speech, you're right, it shouldn't be.

Yeah.

We we, I mean, just just to.

Say, I mean, we are obviously.

You know, following the.

Request that we've received.

From the UN and new.

York So I fully, you know, take take your.

Point to Christophe.

But you know, whatever Alessandra agrees with the colleagues in in New York, we will we will adapt to, we will adapt to that.

And on the timing of the WMO press conference at three, that was.

Simply.

Because of Co Barrett's scheduling commitments, so she there's the UN climate conference in in Bonn taking.

Place at the moment and.

Co originally was meant to be at that and so now the plans changed.

But you know, it's because of her own calendar.

But hopefully you know you've got everything that you need ahead, ahead of time.

Yeah.

And and really I'll, I'll come back with a very clear answer to everyone in writing.

Lisa, is that a question on this?

Yeah.

Just a clarification, I think from what everybody has had to say about this thing, it is my understanding that a lot of the information that will be given at the WMO press conference will actually be used by the Secretary General in his speech.

Is that correct?

I mean, so it will be a duplicator.

I mean, I, I can't tell you how much will be used, but he, he definitely will use some of the data from the W Moore from the Copernicus Climate Surgeon Service and also from the indicators of global climate change.

I I think the WMO report is just one relatively small part of the of the Secretary General's speech.

I mean I.

Haven't I haven't seen it yet, but that's that's my understanding.

It's just some of the data will be will be used this afternoon.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hopefully.

Of course, of course, we'll send it to you under embargo as soon as we have it.

Yeah.

And again, maybe that would be the occasion to also specify the embargo issue.

Can I just?

I would just like to.

Echo what Christophe said about being able to get the to lift the embargo at this at the at the top of the speech.

And the reason for that is, is that, you know, there could be details in the report that we maybe want to use, but we won't be able to use until after he's already finished, which makes.

No, it's very clear.

It's very good now.

I understood the issue and I come back with that as soon as possible, as soon as my colleagues wake up.

Thank you.

OK, so I have a couple of more announcement.

There's another big launch which is coming up, which is the FAO State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture.

That's the report of 2024.

That's going to be on Thursday, so the day after Thursday, 6th of June, 3:30, the day after the speech we were talking about.

The speaker will be Manuel Baranji, who's the FAU Assistant Director General and Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division.

He will be on Zoom, but there will be also colleagues here in the room.

So it's a hybrid press conference.

Everything is under embargo until 7 June at 8:00 PM CSC Central European Summertime, which is also Costa Rica, mid 12 Costa Rica time.

That's what I'm given.

What you need to know is that you will get an advance report, a copy of the report.

You can request this to key you have in the invitation to the press conference.

You have contacts also.

That is because there will be in fact 2 press events taking place for the launch of this report that they call Sofia State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024.

One will be in Geneva and 1:00 will be in Costa Rica.

So that would be in Spanish, of course.

They are currently providing you with coffee from 3:00 PM here in front of the press room.

Let Key know if you plan to, to come.

And just to signal that the Geneva press conference will be the first one to happen.

And of course, if you have more question Key is available also there to explain about the embargo and what's coming up before and after.

I think I have one more announcement for you.

Sorry.

Two.

First of all, you've been asking during the iloot, what is the time, what is the arrangement for the pallet access?

So I first of all would like to apologise to all the journalists who have had a problem on Saturday.

I've been called by several of you asking for access, wondering why they didn't have access, why we had said that for the WHA, the restrictions were lowered and so we solved this problem and we have also sent you.

So I would like to apologise for those who had problems, but I would also like to say that we have the same arrangements now for the International Labour Conference.

We've sent you the extended opening time yesterday.

I sent them to you in writing.

So basically will be open at 6:30 and close at 8:00 for vehicles and it will open at 6:30 and close at 7:00 for pedestrians.

She meant the fair.

There is no change.

Peace Gate, there is no change.

So that is for the two weeks until the 14th of June for the International Labour Conference.

And I think that's, it's just to tell you that today the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers, we've spoken about that.

We'll look this afternoon at the report of Senegal, which will finish tomorrow, and that will be followed by the Congo.

The Conference of Disarmament on Thursday will hold the public meeting on its agenda Item 6, which is comprehensive programme of disarmament.

That will be at 10 AM in temples and the meeting will be attended by the 2024 Cohort of Disarmament Fellows.

And I think I've really told you everything I had in my list.

Any, any further question?

I don't see any.

And so, as promised, you'll have news from me this afternoon at the beginning of the afternoon on the issue of the embargo for the statement of the Secretary General.

Thank you very much and have a nice afternoon.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 04 June 2024