Security Council

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

On 18 September, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict held joint consultations for a briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui on the situation of children and armed conflict in Yemen.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

On 21 September 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Emphasizing the need for continued progress on constitutional and institutional reform in Liberia, the Security Council today renewed the mandate of the United Nations mission there until 30 September 2016, continuing the drawdown in advance of that country’s expected assumption of full responsibility for security by the middle of next year.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

As the threats faced by Afghanistan’s war-weary people did not all emanate from their own territory, they were entitled to international support, particularly from the region, in dealing with those pressing challenges, the top United Nations official in that country told the Security Council today.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

The Security Council must not escape its responsibility to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict, as human suffering in that country had worsened, not diminished, a United Nations senior humanitarian affairs official told the 15-nation body today.