While the overall security situation in Kosovo remained stable, a tense and divisive political landscape demonstrated a continuing need for the United Nations mission there to fulfil its mandate in support of lasting peace, the Security Council heard today.
The Security Council today demanded that Boko Haram immediately halt all violence and all abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, as it strongly condemned the group’s terrorist attacks in the Lake Chad Basin region and expressed deep concern that its activities were undermining peace and stability in West and Central Africa.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
At its fifty-fifth meeting, on 6 July 2015, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan (S/2015/336), agreed to address the following message through a public statement issued by the Chair of the Working Group:
On 12 May 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya removed the entry specified below from its List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and other measures relating to attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya (the Libya Sanctions List), set out in paragraphs 15 and 17 of Security Council resolution 1970 (2011), paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011) and paragraph 10 of resolution 2146 (2014), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
Underscoring the critical importance of continued cooperation between the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan for peace, security, stability and their future relations, the Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 November.
On 4 May, a message from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) was delivered to a Dialogue Meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) by José Javier Gutiérrez Blanco-Navarrete, Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations.
Holding a day-long open debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, the Security Council today requested that the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee present a proposal for a “comprehensive international framework” to counter terrorist narratives used in recruitment and incitement to violent acts.
