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15 July 2014

ECOSOC/6644

Alternative Crops Vital to Fighting World’s Drug Problem, Promoting Progress, Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council

Organized crime and illicit criminal activity undermined essential institutions like the rule of law and delivery of education and health, the United Nations leading expert on drugs and crime told the Economic and Social Council today.

14 July 2014

SC/11473

With Millions of Syrians in Need, Security Council Adopts Resolution 2165 (2014) Directing Relief Delivery through More Border Crossings, across Conflict Lines

Deploring the fact that previous demands for aid access in Syria had not been heeded, the Security Council today authorized — for 180 days — relief delivery “across conflict lines” and through additional border crossings, as well as the expeditious deployment of a monitoring mechanism to assure compliance.

14 July 2014

ECOSOC/6643

Scaling Up Efforts to Address Root Causes of Extreme Poverty, Hunger Economic and Social Council's Focus as It Concludes Segment

The Economic and Social Council today urged the United Nations development system to address poverty eradication as an overarching priority, as it concluded its operational activities segment.

11 July 2014

SC/11469

Total Impunity in Central African Republic ‘Main Stumbling Block’ on Road to Political Transition, Committee Chair Says, Briefing Security Council

The inflow of weapons into the Central African Republic appeared to have been staunched, but impunity for human rights abuses and illicit exploitation of minerals “created fertile ground for rebel and criminal activities”, the head of the sanctions committee on that country told the Security Council this morning.

11 July 2014

GA/11532

‘Can We and Should We Not Do Better’, Panellist Asks General Assembly as It Concludes High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

Funding of the global coordination mechanism to fight disease averaged just $10,000 per Member State — a paltry $1.8 million in total — the General Assembly heard today as it concluded its two-day high-level review of progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable disease.

11 July 2014

ECOSOC/6642

Building Partnerships, Moving Sustainable Development to Forefront among Top Issues Debated, as Economic and Social Council Concludes High-Level Segment

The rhetoric must become a reality when it came to development assistance, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as its high-level segment ended, concluding two weeks in which ministers and other senior Government officials considered key items that would make the post-2015 development agenda a success.

10 July 2014

SC/11467

International Community Must Accelerate Efforts to Halt Violence in Gaza, Israel from Spiralling Out of Control, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Warning at an emergency Security Council meeting this morning of violence spiralling out of control in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to accelerate efforts to immediately halt the escalation as he condemned the rising toll on Palestinian civilians.

10 July 2014

GA/11530

General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases Urges National Targets, Global Commitments to Prevent Needless Loss of Life

Member States today pledged to intensify efforts towards a world free of the avoidable burden of non-communicable diseases, which claims the lives of 36 million people each year, during day one of the General Assembly’s high-level review of progress made in preventing and controlling those diseases.

10 July 2014

ECOSOC/6640

Speakers Call for New Development Cooperation Strategies in Post-2015 Agenda, as Economic and Social Council Commences Forum

Commencing its Development Cooperation Forum, the Economic and Social Council explored the shape that assistance, investment, aid and partnerships on all platforms should take in the post-2015 agenda and their roles in finding multidimensional solutions to poverty and sustainable development.

9 July 2014

GA/PAL/1308

Palestinian Rights Committee, 10 Years after International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, Urges Removal of Barrier Wall

A decade after the International Court of Justice deemed illegal the situation arising from Israel’s construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Rights Committee, in a special meeting, reaffirmed the Court’s findings and called on Israel to immediately dismantle its system of walls and fences and to compensate Palestinians that had sustained damages as a result.