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25 June 2014

SC/11451

Security Council Issues Statements Reiterating Recent Election’s Importance to Transition in Afghanistan, Threat Posed by Opium Cultivation

During a debate on the situation in Afghanistan, the Security Council issued two presidential statements on recent elections, reiterating their importance to that country's transition and democratic development, and on the threat posed by rampant illicit opium cultivation.

25 June 2014

SC/11450

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2162 (2014), Renewing Mandate of United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire until 30 June 2015, adjusting it in line with progress on the ground, including the improved security situation.

25 June 2014

HR/5200

States Parties to Child Rights Convention Elect Nine Candidates as Members of Monitoring Committee

The fifteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child today elected nine Committee members for a four-year term while appointing Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia) as the Chairperson.

25 June 2014

GA/AB/4115

Fifth Committee Considers Funding for Third International Conference on Financing for Development, Set for July 2015

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began its consideration today of the modalities of the upcoming Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the funding required to prepare for and hold the event.

25 June 2014

ECOSOC/6630

Economic and Social Council Adopts Resolution Urging Continuing Enhancement of United Nations Humanitarian Capacities

Concluding its three-day humanitarian affairs segment today, the Economic and Social Council adopted a consensus resolution that not only called upon the United Nations to continue enhancing its existing humanitarian capacities but also included new language addressing the frequently protracted nature of displacement resulting from complex crises and emergencies.

24 June 2014

SC/11449

Deadly Attacks in Central African Republic Test International Efforts to Restore Calm, Special Representative Tells Security Council

The security situation in the Central African Republic remained tense, with a series of deadly attacks and spontaneous demonstrations testing the local and international community’s ability to bring calm to that nation, the Security Council heard today.

24 June 2014

SC/11448

Peace Plan, Unilateral Ceasefire Offer Hope for Resolving Conflict in Ukraine, Political Affairs Official Tells Security Council

Although encouraging signs in Ukraine pointed to a de-escalation of the conflict, including a 15-point peace plan proposed by its newly elected President and a week-long unilateral ceasefire, quick action was needed to make the most of those gains, the Security Council heard today.

24 June 2014

HR/5199

States Parties to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Elect Nine New Members of Human Rights Committee

The thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights re-elected three members to the Human Rights Committee today, while choosing five new ones and filling one vacancy on the monitoring body.

24 June 2014

GA/COL/3270

Special Decolonization Committee Approves Text Urging Governments to End Enterprises that Harm Interests of Non-Self-Governing Peoples

Acting without a vote, the Special Committee on Decolonization approved four draft resolutions today to accelerate efforts to create a world free of colonialism.

24 June 2014

ECOSOC/6629

Disaster-Stricken Communities Need Solidarity, Not Charity, Say Experts at Economic and Social Council Humanitarian Affairs Segment

Global humanitarian aid actors should adopt policies of solidarity with strife-torn and disaster-stricken communities rather than charity, and ensure aid workers had the requisite skills to deliver their specific mandates, experts on the matter told the Economic and Social Council this afternoon.