The top Palestinian diplomat at the United Nations this afternoon called on the Organization to include Israel’s army among the parties that committed grave violations against children during armed conflict, and to hold it accountable for attacks last year on United Nations-run schools sheltering civilians in Gaza.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Expo Milano 2015, taking place from 1 May to 31 October in Milan:
Indigenous representatives today called upon States to implement the provisions of international instruments and their national legislation guaranteeing their rights, and sought assistance from the Permanent Forum as that body concluded debate on several topics.
Considering that there were enough nuclear weapons to put an end to the whole planet in minutes without anyone or anything able to help, nuclear doctrines were therefore “doctrines of death” in which “all were losers,” the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference heard today during its fourth day of deliberations.
On 30 April 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the names below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the International Jazz Day Concert, held in Paris on 30 April:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, today to meet with Government officials, community leaders and families affected by the earthquake there. Her office reports that the death toll now stands at nearly 5,600.
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its thirtieth session from 27 to 29 April 2015. The session, which was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, was presided over by the Chairman, J. Christopher Mihm. All the other members of the IAAC, namely Patricia X. Arriagada Villouta, (Vice Chair), Natalia A. Bocharova, Richard Quartei Quartey, and Maria Gracia M. Pulido Tan, were in attendance.
