The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year until 31 August 2016 without changes in deployment.
On 20 August 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic approved the following three individuals and one entity as subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 4 and 7 of resolution 2196 (2015):
Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, said a comprehensive response to conflict-related sexual violence must include proactive and purposeful engagement with the security sector, especially in settings where those services may have been involved in committing such abuse.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Security sector professionalization should be at the core of the mandates and activities of United Nations peace operations where appropriate, a top peacekeeping official told the Security Council this morning.
The Secretary-General is relieved that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be able to open its school year, safeguarding the education of 500,000 students in United Nations schools across the Middle East.
If the international community did not take immediate measures to end the fighting in Yemen, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the region cautioned the Security Council today, there would be nothing left to fight for.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Zahir Tanin of Afghanistan as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
The recurrent violent incidents and radicalization in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, threatened to further destabilize an already tense environment for Israel and Palestine, a United Nations senior political affairs official told the Security Council today, urging both sides to work together to reduce tensions and prevent extremist attacks.
