Despite the Security Council’s united call just days ago for a ceasefire in Syria, deadly fighting continued, throwing the body’s credibility into question, members heard today as United Nations political and humanitarian chiefs provided updates on the dismal situation on the ground.
The United Nations Children’s Fund expressed deep sadness over the killing of its colleague, along with five other education workers, on 25 February in the north-western region of the Central African Republic, near Markounda, a remote area close to the Chadian border.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the International Conference on Lake Chad, in Abuja, Nigeria today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the New York Group of Friends of the African Women Leaders Network, in New York today:
The heads of various United Nations agencies, funds and programmes discussed methods for aligning their strategies with the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development today, as the Economic and Social Council continued its consideration of the United Nations operational activities for international development cooperation within the broader context of Organizational reform.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum, in Riyadh on 26 February:
The Security Council today decided to extend until 28 February 2019 the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea‑Bissau (UNIOGBIS), also deciding to review the sanctions imposed on that country and pledging to take additional measures if its crisis continued to worsen.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the international high-level conference on the Sahel, held in Brussels on 23 February, is not available in English. For the French text, please see www.un.org/press/fr/2018/sgsm18915.doc.htm.
The Security Council today decided that a vacancy on the International Court of Justice would be filled by election in June.
