Describing national policies aimed at boosting the status of women and protecting their human rights, speakers today condemned gender-based violence — including the use of rape as a weapon of war or tactic of terrorism — as the Commission on the Status of Women entered the second day of its sixtieth annual session.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council, “Are Human Rights under Assault?”, in New York today:
Facing a fragile economic, political and security situation, Afghanistan must overcome several hurdles to ensure the survival of its National Unity Government and a peaceful future, the Security Council heard today as it unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations mission in that country by one year.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Every Woman, Every Child high-level event co-organized with UN-Women, in New York today:
Marking the fifth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, the Secretary-General appeals to the stakeholders and the Security Council to fulfil their responsibilities and help make the United Nations-mediated peace negotiations a success.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
On 14 March 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea adopted its second implementation assistance notice entitled “Summary of arms embargo restrictions in place for Somalia and Eritrea, including exemptions”.
The Security Council today decided to extend until 15 June 2016 the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and in full accordance with the principles of national ownership.
NEW YORK, 15 March (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced today that Abdulqadir Rashik has won the Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
