The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today recommended that the General Assembly authorize an additional $80.33 million to finance the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for the year ending 30 June 2015.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today adopted the report of its 2015 May-June session as orally revised, during which it recommended to the Economic and Social Council 160 organizations for consultative status and deferred 200 for further consideration at its regular session in 2016.
The Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities closed its eighth session today, adopting three decisions that laid out the terms for its ninth session, and exploring ways to overcome pervasive discrimination in the provision of everything from health care and education to employment and disaster relief.
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa Abdoulaye Bathily briefed the Security Council on the situation in Central Africa, saying that while it remained marked by pre-electoral tensions, worsening economic conditions and the activities of Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army, it was necessary to start looking ahead to the stabilization phase to secure military gains.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Kelly T. Clements of the United States as Deputy High Commissioner in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The Security Council today expressed concern at the grave security situation in parts of Central Africa within the remit of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), in particular the ongoing crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional impact, the continuing threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and continued terrorist activities by Boko Haram.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to be observed 15 June:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to civil society and local authorities, in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Conference on Development of Parliamentarianism, today in Bishkek:
