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SC/12836

Security Council Sanctions Committee on Central African Republic Meets with Panel of Experts, Hears Weapon-Management Briefing by Mine Action Service

On 12 May, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic held informal consultations in connection with the progress update of the Panel of Experts and a briefing by the United Nations Mine Action Service in assisting the Central African Republic authorities in the management of weapons and ammunition.

SC/12831-DC/3705

Security Council Press Statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the most recent ballistic missile launch conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 21 May 2017.  The members of the Security Council expressed their utmost concern over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s highly destabilizing behaviour and flagrant and provocative defiance of the Security Council by conducting this ballistic missile launch in violation of its international obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016) and 2321 (2016).

SG/T/3167

Activities of Secretary-General in China, 13-16 May

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres flew from London, United Kingdom, to Beijing, China, where he arrived on Saturday, 13 May, to attend the Belt and Road Initiative Forum on International Cooperation.