Security Council

The Security Council today reiterated its commitment to take “early and effective” action to prevent armed conflict and, to that end, employ all appropriate means at its disposal, in line with the United Nations Charter.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

On 20 November a two-day conference ended in Wiesbaden, Germany, that engaged representatives of various sectors of industry from around the world, along with Government regulators, to consult on ways to enhance the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).  Industry has a vital role to play, particularly in supporting the implementation of strategic trade controls and the physical protection of materials that might be diverted for use in the illicit development and production of such weapons and their delivery means.

Concerned over the intensity of modern-day conflicts — marked by mounting human, political and financial costs — United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon told the Security Council today that the Organization did not always respond with the speed and effectiveness required.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

The Security Council determined today that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Sham (ISIL/ISIS) constituted an “unprecedented” threat to international peace and security, calling upon Member States with the requisite capacity to take “all necessary measures” to prevent and suppress its terrorist acts on territory under its control in Syria and Iraq.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

Leaders in Serbia and Kosovo must continue to show “far-sighted” commitment to overcome fresh political turbulence that threatened to set back recent hard-won agreements aimed at normalizing relations, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council today.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

The abhorrent terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula reinforced the reality that the extremism and terrorism infecting many parts of the Middle East was not constrained by borders, and that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could not be separated from the global threat of terrorism, the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council this morning.