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SC/10136

Security Council Hosts Informal Exchange with Youth on Topics Ranging from Nuclear Disarmament, Terrorism, Threats Emanating from Global Economic Inequality

Pointing out that in his youth during the Korean War, the United Nations had been a “beacon of hope”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged members of the Security Council to act decisively to enable the Organization to keep that status, as he spoke at a special event for youth sponsored by the United States, whose delegation holds that body’s rotating presidency for the month.
SC/10134

Security Council, in Statement, Calls on Government Support for Central African Republic, Chad as United Nations Mission There Draws Down by Year’s End

Commending the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), as its mandate expires this month, the Security Council this morning called on donors to assist the Governments of the two countries of the Mission’s former area of operation to fulfil their increased responsibility in protecting civilians there.
SC/10133

Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to Continue as Special Political Mission under Main Committee for Three More Years, Security Council Decides

Noting with concern that terrorism continued to pose a serious threat to international peace and security and underscoring the central role of the United Nations in that global fight, the Security Council today decided that the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) would continue to operate as a special political mission under the policy guidance of the Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee for another three years, through 31 December 2013.
SC/10132

Security Council Extends Mission in Cote d’Ivoire Until 30 June 2011, Strongly Condemns Attempts to Usurp Will of People, Urges Respect for Election Outcome

Condemning in the strongest possible terms the attempts to usurp the will of the people and undermine the integrity of the electoral process, the Security Council this morning renewed the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) until 30 June 2011 and urged all parties to respect the will of the people and the election outcome in view of the recognition by ECOWAS and the African Union of Alassane Ouattara as the newly elected President of Côte d’Ivoire.