The Da’esh group may have committed all three of the most serious international crimes — war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, according to a report issued today by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The Security Council today expressed deep concern at recent incidents across the Blue Line and in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations, underlining that such events could lead to a new conflict that “none of the parties — or the region — can afford” and urging all parties to abide “scrupulously” by their obligation to respect the Force’s safety.
Like the Millennium Development Goals, progress on gender mainstreaming remained uneven across a landscape of United Nations functional commissions and work remained to be done to galvanize meaningful change in the post-2015 era, the Commission on the Status of Women heard today during interactive discussions on the penultimate day of its two-week annual session.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
All people — no matter who they are — must benefit from development and be given opportunities to contribute to its design, implementation and monitoring, the Commission on the Status of Women heard today, concluding its general debate and addressing the impact of discrimination on marginalized women and girls.
The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack against the Bardo Museum in Tunisia’s capital as a deplorable act, extending condolences to the victims’ families and expressing solidarity with the Tunisian people and authorities.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
After months of political deadlock, Haiti’s holding of free, transparent and inclusive elections this year in “an atmosphere of calm” was an essential condition for achieving stability, democratic governance and development, the top United Nations official there told the Security Council today, as delegates debated plans to reduce the United Nations peacekeeping presence in the Caribbean nation.
During a mission to Africa last week, the Security Council held wide-ranging exchanges with key stakeholders in the peace processes in the Central African Republic and Burundi, witnessing progress and challenges on the ground, and discussed ways of bolstering the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union to ensure broader stability and development in the continent.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
