The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports that the situation in its protection of civilians site in Malakal is now calm following violent clashes Wednesday evening between Shilluk and Dinka youth and shooting outside the site reportedly by armed men in Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) uniforms.
An opening ceremony for an exhibition titled “UNESCO Green Citizens — Pathfinders for Change” will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, 22 February 2016, in the Visitors’ Lobby. The exhibit is organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), SIPA Press and the Klorane Institute. It is endorsed by UNESCO.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Philippe Poinsot, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mexico, to the meeting of the Parliamentary Social Justice Forum, held in Rabat from 19 to 20 February:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):
The Economic and Social Council adopted three texts this morning, including one by which it changed the dates of its 2016 humanitarian affairs segment.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Ottawa, Canada, from New York, on Thursday morning, 11 February.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):
The Israeli-Palestinian-Israeli conflict had reached a pivotal point, and with no signs of an end to the violence that erupted in October, the onus was on both sides to shape their future before the opponents of peace decided their fate for them, the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today.
The Secretary-General condemned the deadly explosion that took place in Ankara on 17 February. He hopes the perpetrators of this terrorist attack will be swiftly brought to justice, and said the United Nations stands in solidarity with the people and Government of Turkey.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee high-level meeting, in Paris today:
