While Iraq was living through one of the most difficult phases in its modern history since last summer’s onslaught by terrorists, there were also hope, opportunity and vision for the way out of the crisis, the senior United Nations representative in that country told the Security Council today.
In a brief session this morning, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People approved the provisional work programme for the United Nations International meeting on the Question of Palestine, to be held in Brussels on 3 and 4 September.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Saturday, 11 July, from New York to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the third International Financing for Development Conference.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gerard van Bohemen (New Zealand):
The Economic and Social Council continued its coordination and management session today, dealing with a diverse line-up of coordination issues — from support to African countries emerging from conflict, to crime prevention and criminal justice, to broad questions of economic, social and cultural rights, including those for prisoners — and adopting 8 resolutions and 9 decisions, including one text that extended the mandate of its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti until the conclusion of the 2016 session, in order to promote the Caribbean island’s socioeconomic recovery, reconstruction and stability.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, observed on 30 July:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant-Secretary-General on Climate Change, to the Summit of Conscience on Climate Change, in Paris, today:
The Secretary-General took note of the indefinite suspension of the inter-Burundian dialogue that started on 14 July. He reiterates his appeal for the resumption of a frank dialogue among all parties and urges them to avoid undermining progress achieved in building democracy.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Arthur David Gawn of New Zealand as Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
