Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict: protection of journalists in conflict situations, in New York today:
ASTANA, 27 May — The 2015 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East concluded today, with two panel discussions that explored how social media both hindered and advanced audiences’ acceptance of Israeli-Palestinian narratives, as speakers throughout the day analysed the media’s role in promoting a facts-based discourse about the recent conflict in Gaza.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 40 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 62 others, as it continued its resumed session for 2015.
GENEVA, 27 May (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — Algeria has become the 121st State Party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Our World, Our Dignity, Our Planet: the Post-2015 Agenda and the Role of Youth” event at Palais des Beaux Arts, in Brussels, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Transport Forum, held in Leipzig, Germany, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Ján Kubiš, his Special Representative for Iraq, to the forty-second session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, in Kuwait City today:
In Brussels today, the Secretary-General addressed the European Parliament where, among other things, he spoke of the challenges posed by migration and expressed hope that the European Commission’s proposal for the relocation of 40,000 asylum-seekers would be accepted by the European Union member States.
The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued today:
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today postponed action on a draft text on financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for the 2015/16 budget year.
