The Special Committee on Decolonization approved three draft resolutions today, welcoming the cooperative attitude towards Tokelau in the first text, and calling for greater efforts by both administering Powers and United Nations agencies, in the others, to implement the landmark 1960 Declaration on the granting of independence to Non-Self-Governing Territories and their peoples.

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen told the Security Council today that he would soon set out a proposal to advance the Yemeni peace talks, now entering their third month in Kuwait, as he called for concessions to be made against the backdrop of a potential humanitarian crisis.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Special Committee on Decolonization today approved a draft resolution calling on the Government of the United States to assume its responsibility to expedite a process that would allow the people of Puerto Rico to exercise fully their right to self-determination and independence.

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, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the exhibition to honour World Refugee Day, in New York today:

On 20 June 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 List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Yoga, observed on 21 June:

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned today’s attacks in Kabul and Badakhshan.  The Mission reiterated its call for anti-Government elements to immediately cease all attacks in civilian-populated areas and any attacks deliberately targeting civilians.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the sixth annual meeting of the Global Network of Responsibility to Protect Focal Points, in Seoul today: