New Permanent Representative of Mongolia Presents Credentials
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The new Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Sukhbold Sukhee, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
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New Permanent Representative of Gabon Presents Credentials
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The new Permanent Representative of Gabon, Baudelaire Ndong Ella, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
Secretary-General Announces Closure of Ebola Emergency Response Mission as Core Objective Achieved, Oversight to Be Led By World Health Organization
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The following announcement was made today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Security Council 2140 Committee Revises Its Guidelines for Conduct of Work
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On 29 July 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) adopted revised Guidelines for the Conduct of its Work. These latest Guidelines reflect Security Council resolution 2216 (2015).
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food to around 340,000 people in eight of the worst-affected areas of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. WFP partners were distributing two-month food rations in districts of Aden that had not been reached since April because of conflict. The food includes wheat flour, pulses and cooking oil.
Addressing the Security Council’s Open Debate on Small Island Developing States, Secretary-General Urges Global Push to Combat Crime, Climate Change Threats
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on “peace and security challenges facing small island developing States”, in New York today:
Secretary-General, in Message to Global Hackathon, Calls Innovators’ Voices, Talents ‘Crucial’ for Realizing New Development Vision
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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon message for the Global Hackathon, in Seoul today:
Speakers Call for Concerted Action to Crush Multibillion-Dollar Illicit Wildlife Trade as General Assembly Adopts Sweeping Text
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Addressing a range of issues, the General Assembly today adopted a decision on the world body’s review of the implementation of outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, filled a position in the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and adopted a wide-ranging resolution on illicit trafficking in wildlife, taking steps to encourage States to end the “abhorrent” multibillion-dollar trade often associated with organized crime networks, armed groups and terrorist organizations.
Issues Facing Small Island Developing States ‘Global Challenges’ Demanding Collective Responsibility, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
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Transnational crime, illicit exploitation of resources, climate change, natural disasters and other factors that threatened small island developing States must be addressed globally and in the context of international stability, speakers today stressed in an all-day open debate in the Security Council.
Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution on Tribunal for Malaysia Airlines Crash in Ukraine, Amid Calls for Accountability, Justice for Victims
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The Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have established an international tribunal for the purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for crimes connected with the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, following use of the veto by the Russian Federation, a permanent member.