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UN Chief meets with Turkish President & other topics - Daily Briefing (1 November 2019)

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Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Highlights:
- COP 25
- Secretary-General
- Cameroon
- Pakistan
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
- Haiti unrest
- Nigeria
- World Food Programme
- UN Female Police Officer of the Year
- Press Conference


COP 25
First of all, I want to start with something I know many have been asking about in recent days, which is the venue of the 25th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. I just want to let you know that in a statement published a few minutes ago, the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, said they are pleased to announce that the Conference of Parties Bureau has agreed that COP 25 will take place from 2-13 December in Madrid, Spain.
Secretary-General
The Secretary-General met this morning with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. The Secretary-General expresses his deep appreciation for the strong cooperation and support of Turkey to the United Nations.
They both expressed their full backing to the ongoing Syria Constitutional Committee meetings and the need to find a political solution to the conflict in line with Security Council Resolution 2254.
President Erdogan presented the Secretary-General with a Turkish plan for new settlement areas for the return of Syrian refugees.
The Secretary-General stressed the basic principles relating to the voluntary, safe and dignified return of refugees. He informed the President that UNHCR will immediately form a team to study the proposal and engage in discussions with Turkish authorities, in line with its mandate.
They also had a constructive exchange of views on a number of ongoing situations in the region, including Yemen, Libya and the Middle East peace process, as well as several additional issues of mutual concern in other parts of the world.
The Secretary-General also reaffirmed his backing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and a group of development partners in relation to a programme of support for Turkey’s action on climate change.
The Secretary-General also briefed the President on his visit to the UN Technology Bank and thanked Turkey for hosting and financially backing this important initiative. The Secretary-General stressed the need for increased international support for the Bank serving the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries. And the Secretary-General has left Turkey now and is on his way to Thailand.


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