The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are responding to an upsurge in cholera transmission in several parts of Yemen that has now claimed 51 lives. WHO has rapidly distributed medicines and medical supplies and 10 new treatment centres are being established in the most affected areas.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at event on response to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, in London today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks at the London Somalia Conference today:

The General Assembly today appointed two members to its Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions following the recommendation of its Fifth Committee (Budgetary and Administrative).

The Department of Public Information will partner with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and Links, Inc. to organize its ninth annual Remember Slavery Global Student Videoconference on 12 May.

Speakers from myriad sectors in Africa shared perspectives on why the continent, despite being resource rich, remained home to the planet’s poorest people, as the Economic and Social Council concluded its integration segment today.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

The search for the peacekeeper missing since Tuesday’s attack on a peacekeeping convoy continues, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic reports.  Besides the four peacekeepers killed, there are now 10 wounded, including nine Moroccans and one Cambodian.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Government officials from around the globe today outlined efforts — often inspired by the deeply cross-cutting nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — to implement integrated, multisectoral policies, as they addressed the Economic and Social Council’s integration segment.