The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Yemen, the Security Council today, in an emergency meeting, condemned the ongoing unilateral actions taken by the Houthis that were undermining the political transition process and jeopardizing the country’s security and stability.
The United Nations observes on 25 March the eighth International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
The Secretary-General called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his recent electoral victory. Urging Israel’s release of tax revenue owed to the Palestinian Authority, he also reiterated that the two-State solution was the only way forward.
The Commission on the Status of Women had a revitalized role to play in ensuring the 2030 “expiry date” for gender inequality across the world, as laid out in the Political Declaration adopted last week, said the United Nations top gender official at the closing of its fifty-ninth session today.
Almost 50 years after the proclamation of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, too many individuals, communities and societies continued to suffer from the injustices and stigma brought by racism, the General Assembly heard today during a special meeting to commemorate the day.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
The sustainable management and conservation of forests must be considered in the design and implementation of the new sustainable development goals and the new climate change agreement to be adopted this December in Paris, according to United Nations officials and forest experts in messages for the International Day of Forests, observed on 21 March.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
