Prior to adopting resolutions on tax evasion and the United Nations Forum on Forests, as well as a decision on geospatial information, speakers informed the Economic and Social Council that the world was facing a serious crisis, with the lives of more than 20 million people now under serious threat due to extreme hunger.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s closing remarks at the International Dialogue on Strengthening International Cooperation on and Governance of Migration towards the Adoption of a Global Compact on Migration in 2018, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya is following with great concern the tense situation in and around Tamanhint, where intermittent fighting continues to be reported. They are deeply worried about the impact of the heightened violence on the lives of people in the south of Libya.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nikki Haley (United States):
Cooperation and multilateral approaches would be needed to address interlinked conflicts, cross-border humanitarian crises and violent extremism, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today, as it held its quarterly open debate on that region.
The Economic and Social Council today adopted 10 decisions and elected dozens of members to its subsidiary bodies, as it kicked off the coordination and management meetings of its 2017 session.
Alarmed at the volatility and human rights situation in Libya, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative there cautioned today that the country risked a return to wide-spread conflict.
United Nations investigators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed the existence of at least 17 further mass graves in Kasai-Central Province, where soldiers have clashed with the local Kamuina Nsapu militia, which brings to 40 the number of graves documented by the United Nations since August 2016.
The new Permanent Observer for the International Chamber of Commerce to the United Nations, Louise Kantrow, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
