Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s briefing to the General Assembly on relations between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan):
The world must recognize that Iraq was at a critical juncture, requiring more — not less — international support, the senior United Nations official there told the Security Council today, also pressing the strife-torn country to implement substantive economic, institutional and anti-corruption reforms that would place it on the road to recovery.
On 15 July 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the name below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has expressed concern over further restrictions by Hungary leading to push-backs of people seeking asylum, as well as reports of the use of violence and abuse against them.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Nelson Mandela Day, observed on 18 July:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan):
The unique challenges of countries in special situations needed to stay at the forefront of efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Agenda speakers said today, as the High-level Political Forum continued.
The World Health Organization today officially declared the elimination of yaws, as well as maternal and neonatal tetanus in India, the first country under the 2012 WHO neglected tropical diseases road map to eliminate yaws. Indonesia and Timor-Leste are now the only countries in the region with yaws transmission.
