Following a contentious discussion, the General Assembly adopted two draft resolutions, on the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, and cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), respectively.
On 14 December 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo met with the Coordinator of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to discuss the midterm report of the Group submitted pursuant to paragraph 9 of resolution 2293 (2016).
The United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry report said the 19 September attack on the United Nations/Syrian Arab Red Crescent humanitarian convoy could have been carried out only by aircraft of the international Coalition Forces or the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Air Force, and that Coalition involvement was highly unlikely.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the report of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, in New York today:
Reaffirming the role of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) in promoting sustainable development, the General Assembly today adopted 36 resolutions and one decision forwarded by that Committee.
Evacuations escorted by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) resumed today from eastern Aleppo, with United Nations teams at the Ramouseh Government checkpoint. ICRC estimates that more than 25,000 people were evacuated from the besieged areas from 15 to 20 December.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, in Carbondale, Illinois, today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
