The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. Nebenzia (Russian Federation):
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. Nebenzia (Russian Federation):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. Nebenzia (Russian Federation):
The Security Council will address the implementation of the Minsk agreements and explore the adverse consequences of sanctions, its President for February told a Headquarters press conference today.
Calling for de-escalation of tensions along the borders between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the United Nations political affairs chief told the Security Council today that any military intervention by one country in another would be against international law and the Charter of the United Nations, as Moscow denied any intention of launching a war on that neighbouring State.
The Security Council, acting unanimously today, decided to extend for three months the mandate of its special political mission in Libya.
On 28 January 2022, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya enacted the amendments, specified with strikethrough and underline, in the entry below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mona Juul (Norway):
The recent prison attack in north-east Syria serves as a reminder that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) still poses a grave threat in the region, across Africa and beyond, the Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism told the Security Council today in a late-breaking meeting called by the Russian Federation.
Amid a bitter winter, continuing outbreaks of violence and an ever-deepening economic crisis, humanitarian needs in Syria are dwarfed by the funding available to meet them, the United Nations humanitarian chief informed the Security Council today, as speakers expressed concern about a harrowing siege in a prison in the north-east of the country.