International partners must work collectively to increase buy-in by parties to the recent peace agreement in South Sudan, the head of United Nations peacekeeping told the Security Council today, stressing the need to support activities to put an end to the “senseless conflict” in that country.
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), will convene an International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem in Jakarta, at the Hotel Borobodur on 14 and 15 December 2015, under the theme “Addressing the present and shaping the future of Jerusalem”.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
At the Paris Climate Change Conference, new international partnerships were unveiled. They include early warning systems for more than 50 of the least developed countries and small island States, as well as access to insurance for more than 400 million people in the most vulnerable countries.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Soil Day, observed on 5 December:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December:
Addressing the humanitarian situations in Syria and Yemen, as well as ongoing violence in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, would be among the top priorities of the Security Council in December, the Permanent Representative of the United States, President of the 15-member body for the month, said today at a Headquarters press conference.
Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today called for urgent action to meet the future office space requirements of thousands of United Nations staff members currently in off-campus leased buildings in New York, warning about the high price tag of inaction.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Welcoming an announcement by the Government of Thailand that it has granted statehood to more than 18,000 people in the last three years, the United Nations refugee agency says this marks an important further step in the global campaign to end statelessness by 2024.
