With no humanitarian solutions to the crisis in Syria, the immense suffering of its people would only worsen until a political settlement ended the conflict, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the XVII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, held in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 July:
In a message to the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on foreign terrorist fighters today, the Secretary-General said the rise in the number of those fighters demonstrates the growing spread of violent extremism, which demands urgent international attention.
The Security Council today decided to authorize the Member States of the African Union to maintain the deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) until 30 May 2016, agreeing with the Secretary-General that conditions would not be appropriate for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country until the end of that year, at the earliest.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee with Member States and international and regional organizations on stemming the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, held in Madrid, 28 July:
Reiterating its strong condemnation of terrorist attacks, human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin region, the Security Council today stressed the need to bring to justice those responsible.
Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Kubuqui International Desert Forum, held in Ordos City, China, on 28 July:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the World Scout Jamboree, held in Yamaguchi City, Japan, 28 July to 8 August:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gerard van Bohemen (New Zealand):
The Secretary-General condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated by Al-Shabaab yesterday on the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. He affirmed that this egregious attack will not deter the United Nations and international partners from their steadfast commitment to help the people and Government of Somalia realize a peaceful future for their country.
