Welcoming the continued political and security progress in Somalia, the Security Council today underscored the need to maintain the momentum towards democratic governance with an inclusive, transparent and credible national electoral process this year as a stepping stone to universal suffrage elections in 2020.
On 18 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated its Implementation Assistance Notice no. 3.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today reports some success in the first two years of a five-year programme aimed at ending the detention of children who are asylum seekers. Twelve countries had made important progress that had contributed to an overall decrease of 14 per cent of children who are detained.
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:
The Government of Uganda, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme have appealed to donors to speed contributions to the humanitarian response to assist around 200,000 refugees from South Sudan to end a funding shortage that has forced a reduction of rations.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
On 5 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic held informal consultations to consider the midterm report of the Panel of Experts, submitted pursuant to paragraph 23(c) of resolution 2262 (2016).
On 5 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic heard a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict pursuant to paragraph 29 of resolution 2262 (2016).
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):
