Ukraine, Uganda, Syria & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (01 July 2026) | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Highlights:

- Programming Note
- Trip Announcement
- Digital Week in Geneva
- Ukraine
- Uganda
- Syria
- Lebanon/Israel
- Lebanon/Humanitarian
- Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Sudan
- Security Council
- Ebola
- Uganda/WHO
- Nigeria
- International Day of Cooperatives
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PROGRAMMING NOTE

A programming note, as a reminder, tomorrow the UN Headquarters will be closed given that it’s an official holiday in our host country for their Independence Day.

On Monday, UN Development Programme Administrator, Alexander De Croo, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih, who will join us from Kabul to brief on their joint mission to Afghanistan.

Then, at 1:15 p.m., Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and UN Police Adviser, Faisal Shahkar, will be here to brief ahead of the fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026).

TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT

The Secretary-General will arrive in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday 5 July to take part in the inaugural session of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance.

You will recall that the Global Digital Compact, adopted at the Summit of the Future in 2024, included among its commitments the creation of a Global Dialogue on AI Governance, to serve as an inclusive space, within the UN, for governments, civil society and other stakeholders to deliberate on AI.

Last year, the Dialogue was established by the General Assembly to build common approaches to the governance of artificial intelligence. In the same resolution, the General Assembly also created the International Scientific Panel on AI, the first global scientific body on Artificial Intelligence.

In his remarks during the Dialogue’s opening session, the Secretary-General is expected to reiterate that as AI is already transforming our world, for the first time, the Global Dialogue on AI Governance is giving every country a seat at the table, something he has been advocating for since early on in his mandate.

Also on Monday, Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa, the Co-chairs of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, will present their preliminary report to Member States, and you heard from them yesterday.

Throughout the day, the Secretary-General will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders taking part in the Global Dialogue.

In the afternoon, at the Palais des Nations, the Secretary-General will deliver remarks during a meeting of the International Law Commission.

He will travel back to New York on Tuesday morning.

DIGITAL WEEK IN GENEVA

The Global Dialogue on AI governance – which takes place on Monday and Tuesday, kicks off what our colleagues have dubbed Geneva Digital Week.

Also happening next week, from 6 to 10 July, is the World Summit on the Information Society, organized by the International Telecommunication Union.

Finally, Geneva is also the host city of the AI for Good Global Summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with UN partners, and co-convened by Switzerland.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-07-02