The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
An intense discussion on the international legal standing of the death penalty and national sovereign rights to determine domestic judicial systems dominated Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) proceedings today, as delegates approved an amended draft resolution calling for a moratorium on that practice, by a recorded 115 votes in favour to 38 against, with 31 abstentions.
On 11 November 2016, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan were briefed by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan in connection with the Panel’s interim report (document S/2016/963), which was submitted in pursuance of paragraph 12 (d) of resolution 2290 (2016).
The text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks upon receiving the Legion of Honour in Paris from the President of France is not available in English. For the French text, please see www.un.org/press/fr/2016/sgsm18276.doc.htm.
Unanimously adopting its annual resolution in support of the Government and people of Afghanistan, the General Assembly today heard expressions of alarm over recent spikes in civilian casualties and the influence of violent extremists, as speakers vowed to help the conflict-affected nation achieve its untapped potential.
On 9 November 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo held a formal meeting with Ms. Jeanine Mabunda, the DRC Presidential Adviser on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment.
The Secretary-General said the Government of Canada’s announcement that it was resuming support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by donating Can $25 million will help the Agency continue vital health, education, humanitarian and social services for 5.3 million vulnerable refugees.
The deterioration of South Sudan’s economy and the increasingly fragmented conflict in that country had placed it on a potential downward slide towards greater divisiveness and the risk of a full-scale civil conflict, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country told the Security Council this afternoon.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level event on accelerating climate action, in Marrakech, Morocco, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the meeting with civil society organizations at the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Marrakech, Morocco, today:
