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18 February 2017

SG/SM/18446

Secretary-General Calls for Surge in ‘Peace Diplomacy’ at Munich Security Event, Noting Prevailing Impunity, Unpredictability, Unclear Power Relations

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Munich Security Conference today:

17 February 2017

SG/SM/18445-GA/11890-HR/5344

Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly, Urges Joint Preventive Action against Enforced Disappearance ‘Anywhere, at Any Time, to Any Person’

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, to the high-level meeting to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, in New York today:

17 February 2017

SG/SM/18444-IK/717

Secretary-General Condemns Recent Terrorist Attacks in Iraq, Pledges Solidarity with Nation’s Efforts to Fight Terrorism, Violent Extremism

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

16 February 2017

SG/SM/18440

Secretary-General Calls Migration Potential Solution to Many Global Challenges, Stressing ‘Now Is the Time to Act’ in Coordination Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the Coordination Meeting on International Migration, in New York today:

16 February 2017

SG/SM/18443-AFR/3532-L/3267

Secretary-General Welcomes the Gambia’s Decision to Rescind Its Withdrawal from Rome Statute of International Criminal Court

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

16 February 2017

SG/SM/18442

Condemning Attack on Worshippers at Shrine in Lahore, Secretary-General Stresses United Nations Support for Pakistan’s Anti-terrorism Efforts

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

16 February 2017

SG/SM/18441-GA/PAL/1385

Secretary-General, in Message to Palestinian Rights Committee, Urges End to Occupation, Saying Political Horizon for Two-State Solution ‘Slipping Away'

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, to the opening of the 2017 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New York today:

16 February 2017

SC/12721

Security Council 1988 Sanctions Committee Deletes One Individual from Its Sanctions List

On 16 February 2017, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) deleted the entry specified below from its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2255 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

15 February 2017

SG/SM/18439

Secretary-General, Addressing Cairo University, Encourages Students to Lead in Building Future of Egypt, ‘Wonderful Region’ at Large

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address at Cairo University, “Facing Global Challenges, Finding Hope in Youth”, in Cairo today:

15 February 2017

SC/12719

Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Four Entries on Its Sanctions List

On 15 February 2017, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entries below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations: