Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
(WorldNews France)

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today`s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon. Happy Friday, everyone. **Lebanon Today, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock released $6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help the response to the Beirut port blast, bringing the total UN funding for this crisis to $15 million. The allocation will fund trauma care and other urgent support to hospitals, the repair of damaged homes for the most vulnerable people affected by the explosion, and logistical support. The World Food Programme (WFP) will be allocating 5,000 food parcels to affected families in Lebanon. Each package is...