The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the recent terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria and Chad including the deadly attacks in Kwajafa in Borno State, Nigeria, on 5 April 2015 and in Tchoukou Telia, Chad, on 3 April 2015.
With armed violence killing more than 740,000 people each year and the prospects of deeper nuclear arms cuts slim, the United Nations disarmament machinery must end its 15 year-long stalemate so it could tackle those twenty-first century security threats, the Disarmament Commission heard today, although it proved unable to agree on a work programme and begin its substantive debate.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kuwait late in the afternoon of 30 March from Baghdad to attend the Third Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria.
The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided on 6 April 2015 to delist the following individual from its Sanctions List.
Head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) updated the Secretary-General this morning on the situation of Palestinian refugees trapped in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria. In a statement this weekend, it demanded that civilians be able to evacuate safely.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, observed on 7 April:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, observed today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dina Kawar (Jordan):
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from New York, having transited via Istanbul, on Saturday morning, 28 March, to attend the twenty-sixth Summit of the League of Arab States.
