The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert of the Netherlands to lead an independent special investigation into the violence in Juba, South Sudan, in July 2016, and the response of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):
The city of Aleppo risked a humanitarian catastrophe unparalleled in the more than five years of carnage seen during the Syrian conflict, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council today, stressing the need for a 48-hour pause in fighting by all sides in order for aid to reach millions of civilians in dire need.
The new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, Marc Pecsteen, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations, Burhan Gafoor, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
On 22 August 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
The new Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, Pennelope Beckles, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations, Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of San Marino to the United Nations, Damiano Beleffi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
