The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator informed the Security Council today that, since January, nearly 850,000 people in Syria have been reached and provided with aid by the UN and its partners, including some 330,000 of the 600,000 people living in besieged areas.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ivan Šimonović of Croatia as his Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect.
The Security Council today extended its arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1 July 2017 and the mandate of the Expert Group assisting the Sanctions Committee through 1 August 2017.
The recent “stuttering momentum” in delivering humanitarian aid to Syria’s besieged and hard-to-reach populations must be significantly expanded in the second half of 2016, the United Nations humanitarian chief told the Security Council today, warning that progress made to date was “but a trickle” compared with the country’s overwhelming needs.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at 2016 United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit: Making Global Goals Local Business, in New York, today:
Following armed clashes on 21 June around the village of Thur in Central Darfur, initial reports say several people have been killed and an estimated 17,000 people have fled and sought refuge at a Sudanese Armed Forces site. An inter-agency assessment is planned for tomorrow, pending approval from the authorities.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the celebration of the life of Jo Cox, in New York today:
The Organization’s intergovernmental advisory body that supports peacebuilding in countries emerging from conflict was improving its impact through more transparent and strategic working methods, improved partnerships with regional and subregional organizations and a focus on peacebuilding needs in the Ebola recovery, the Security Council heard today.
