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10 February 2014

GA/11483

General Assembly Weighs Progress in Controlling Non-Communicable Diseases ahead of Comprehensive Review

While significant efforts had been made since 2011 to realize pledges to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, progress had been “insufficient” and “highly uneven”, delegates told the General Assembly today, as they weighed priority issues to consider during a comprehensive review of the global situation later this year.

7 February 2014

ECOSOC/6598-NGO/789

Concluding Regular Session, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends More than 200 Applicants for Status with Economic and Social Council

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today concluded its regular session with the adoption of its report, in which it recommended that the Economic and Social Council grant consultative status to 225 applicants across regions and missions of the 439 applicants it considered during its session.

30 January 2014

SC/11268

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2136 (2014), Renewing Arms Embargo, Related Measures Imposed on Democratic Republic of Congo

The Security Council today renewed until 1 February 2015 the arms embargo and related sanctions imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also requesting the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts monitoring the implementation of those measures.

30 January 2014

SC/11267

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2135 (2014), Extending Mandate of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 31 July

The Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2014 today, noting that the progress made so far had not yet resulted in a comprehensive and durable settlement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides.

30 January 2014

ECOSOC/6597

Meeting Briefly, Economic and Social Council Adopts 2014 Work Programme, Allocates Responsibilities to Bureau, Appoints Member of Haiti Advisory Group

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon unanimously adopted its programme of work for 2014, as orally revised. It elected a member of its Bureau and appointed a member of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti.

30 January 2014

ECOSOC/6596-NGO/788

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Wraps Up Session’s Substantive Work, Having Recommended 265 Entities for Status with Economic and Social Council

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 16 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 10 others.

29 January 2014

SC/11266

Speakers Stress Crucial Need to Rebuild Post-Conflict Trust as Security Council Discusses Lessons of War, Quest for Permanent Peace

With divergent historical narratives often pitting communities against each other, igniting conflict both among and within States, the international community had a responsibility to help create conditions that would enable national actors to rebuild the trust and respect required to ensure permanent peace, the senior United Nations political affairs official told the Security Council today.

29 January 2014

GA/11482

Just Ahead of Winter Olympics in Russian Federation, General Assembly President Appeals to Member States to Uphold Spirit of Olympic Truce

One week before the Olympic Winter Games were set to begin in the Russian Federation, the President of the General Assembly called on Member States to take concrete steps to promote and strengthen a culture of peace and harmony based on the spirit of the Olympic Truce.

29 January 2014

ECOSOC/6595-NGO/787

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Defers Action on Eight Applicants, While Recommending Status Upgrade for Another

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today deferred action on 10 applications for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, while recommending an upgrade to general consultative status for an existing one — International Eurasia Press Fund based in Azerbaijan — thereby allowing it to speak during meetings and propose agenda items.

28 January 2014

SC/11265

Burundi Leadership Must Show More ‘Visionary Leadership’ than Ever, Special Representative Says in Briefing to Security Council

While Burundi had made substantial progress in overcoming formidable political, security and development challenges, the Government must show more “visionary leadership” than ever in protecting those gains as it worked to complete its peacebuilding process, the senior United Nations official in that country told the Security Council today.