Security Council

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):

The deteriorating situation in South Sudan, one of the world’s most urgent crises, was on the brink of a cataclysmic event, and the responsibility for that tragic state of affairs lay squarely with the leaders of that country, top United Nations officials warned the Security Council today.

Members of the Security Council were briefed this afternoon by Chairs of its subsidiary bodies, reporting on the Committee’s activities concerning, among other topics, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), Al-Qaida, the use of sanctions and the need for Committee reform.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):

While great progress had been made in Afghanistan, a better future for that country would not be possible without an inclusive peace process that involved Afghans from all strata of society, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) told the Security Council today.

The Security Council today renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months until 30 June 2017, and requested that the Secretary-General ensure the Force had the required capacity and resources to fulfil its mandate in a safe and secure way. 

Reiterating its request to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to complete its work and facilitate its closure as expeditiously as possible, the Security Council today unanimously adopted resolution 2329 (2016).

Alarmed by the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Security Council demanded today that all parties ensure safe, immediate and unhindered access for the monitoring of evacuations from the city’s eastern districts and for the protection of civilians throughout the country.

On 17 December 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) decided that the following five vessels, specified in Annex III of resolution 2270 (2016) pursuant to paragraph 23 of the same resolution, are not economic resources controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime Management Company, Limited (OMM) and therefore not subject to the asset freeze imposed in paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718 (2006):