The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Volodymyr Yelchenko (Ukraine):

The Security Council today called upon Member States to address the danger of terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure, adopting a related resolution before holding a day-long open debate on that subject.

Aid organizations are appealing for $1.6 billion to provide life-saving assistance and protection to 5.8 million people across South Sudan in 2017.  Humanitarian Coordinator for the strife-torn country, Eugene Owusu, said that the situation has deteriorated dramatically and this year there will be unprecedented needs.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the Security Council open debate on protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks, delivered by Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s remarks to the World Government Summit and the subsequent question-and-answer session, in Dubai today:

The Disarmament Commission elected the Chair and two Vice-Chairs for its 2017 substantive session today, and took note of the provisional agenda for the third year of its three-year cycle, to be held from 3 to 21 April.

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Volodymyr Yelchenko (Ukraine):

Concluding its fifty-fifth session today, the Commission for Social Development approved without a vote three draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council that addressed issues of African development, youth and the rights of persons with disabilities.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on 11 February: