On 30 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the four entries specified below from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraph 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
Political leaders in Guinea-Bissau must put aside partisan considerations and focus on national interests and the welfare of the suffering population, the Security Council heard today during a briefing on the situation in that West African country.
The International Day against Nuclear Tests will be observed on 31 August at United Nations Headquarters.
NEW YORK, 30 August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its forty-first session at United Nations Headquarters from 11 July to 26 August.\
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters from the National University of Singapore, in Singapore today:
The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year until 31 August 2017, as it expressed concern at limited progress made towards a permanent ceasefire, a decade after the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006), which ended a flare up of violence with Israel that year.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Building a Nuclear-Free World Conference, in Astana today:
With no prospect for resuming peace negotiations in sight, developments on the ground in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories continued to undermine an already precarious situation, said Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, briefing the Security Council today.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Singapore Management University’s Ho Rih Hwa leadership lecture, in Singapore today:
