The United Nations Refugee Agency welcomed European Commission proposals to address the current crisis, urging their full and swift implementation. The proposed scheme to relocate 160,000 refugees could only succeed if accompanied by a large-scale emergency response in most-affected States, such as Greece, Hungary and Italy.
Resolutions aimed at fostering greater transparency in the selection of the next Secretary-General and equitable use of all six official languages in the activities of the United Nations were among six texts adopted by the General Assembly today, one of which required a recorded vote.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the exhibit showcasing Uganda, at Headquarters, today:
Amidst heated debates about the political value of symbolic gestures, the General Assembly today adopted five resolutions on a wide range of topics, including the raising of flags by non-member observer States at the United Nations and debt restructuring.
United Nations aid agencies and their partners warned that the number of people struggling to cope with food insecurity in Afghanistan doubled in the last year. Today, more than 1.5 million people are considered severely food insecure. Meanwhile, the Food and Agriculture Organization announced that its Food Price Index registered its sharpest fall since December 2008.
Affirming the importance of the work of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to facilitate a nationally led political solution to the country’s increasing challenges, the Security Council this afternoon extended the Mission’s mandate until 15 March 2016.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The United Nations Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme (RAF) will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York beginning on Thursday, 10 September.
