In March, the French presidency of the Security Council would focus on a broad range of issues, from peace and security on the African continent to efforts to bring about a political solution to the crisis in Syria, the Permanent Representative of the country said this afternoon.
The Security Council today created a system to impose sanctions on those blocking peace in South Sudan, with some members cautioning that such moves could derail Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) negotiations aimed at securing a deal by 5 March, and others expressing hope they would pressure rival leaders into ending the bloodshed that had plunged the United Nations’ newest country into civil war for more than a year.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered by Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Special Event “War between Israel and Gaza: What Chance for Peace?” today in Geneva:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-level Segment of the Human Rights Council in Geneva today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Stop Ebola and Build for the Future concert in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks to the high-level event on Women in Power and Decision-Making, in Santiago today:
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened the first part of its resumed sixty-ninth session today with a review of its 2015 work programme and organization of work, the programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015 on programme criticality of safety and security, and of the role of the Joint Inspection Unit.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq today urged armed forces in Tikrit to avoid civilian casualties. He called on the Government and the international community to ensure delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid and the return to their homes of people who fled ISIL.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Convention of CTeen — Chabad’s flagship teen programme, in New York, 1 March:
