Following the Sixth Committee’s (Legal) concluding deliberations on the second cluster of topics from the annual report of the International Law Commission, the Chairman of that body introduced topics from the third and final cluster, before delegates embarked on their debate of those matters.
The Security Council this afternoon was briefed on the situation in Burundi by high-level officials of the United Nations and the African Union, as the violence there, according to speakers, threatened to spiral out of control with risks that the country could slide back into an “all too familiar chaos”.
In support of United Nations development activities, primarily covering 2015, 16 countries pledged approximately $77 million today at a Headquarters event. The amount represented a dramatic decline in comparison to pledges in 2014 of $560 million.
The Security Council today urged the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and all relevant parties to ensure an environment conducive to the holding of free, fair, credible, inclusive, transparent, peaceful and timely presidential and legislative elections by November 2016.
In a ministerial meeting today, the Security Council approved changes to the United Nations mission in Somalia, consolidating efforts around the strategic objectives established for the country to better respond to a dramatic expansion of requested support.
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of at least seven people, including a United Nations staff member, in a bar in the Kanyosha neighborhoud of Bujumbura on 7 November. Preliminary reports suggest that the attack was conducted by people wearing police uniform. He urges the Government to conduct a swift investigation.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jamal Benomar of the United Kingdom as his Special Adviser at the level of Under-Secretary-General.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet, at the tenth meeting of the Heads of United Nations Police Components, today, in New York:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
