The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the United Nations General Assembly set forth its organization of work for the seventieth session this afternoon, taking up the mandate of predictability and transparency laid out in the recent Addis Ababa Accord.
The UN refugee agency is helping survivors of two incidents over the weekend involving boats carrying refugees and migrants between Turkey and Greece that left some 40 people dead or missing. Europe has seen more than 442,400 arrivals by sea so far this year – 82 per cent from the top 10 refugee-producing countries, led by Syria.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, 2 September.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Paris, France from Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday morning, 25 August.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abuja from New York on Sunday afternoon, 23 August.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony for the International Day of Peace, in New York today:
On 21 September 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Tea Ceremony for Peace, in New York today:
