As negotiations between the permanent five members of the Security Council plus Germany, known as the P5+1, and Iran continued, measures imposed against that country remained in full effect and States had an obligation to implement them fully, the Chair of the 1737 Committee told the 15-member body today.
Recalling that stabilizing the security situation in the Central African Republic was the main responsibility of that country’s stakeholders, the Security Council today reiterated its appeal to the leaders of the ex-Séléka and anti-Balaka groups, among other armed groups, to “immediately and permanently” lay down their weapons, release children from their ranks and embark on a path of dialogue.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Chicago on the afternoon of Sunday, 7 December.
In two separate resolutions this afternoon, the Security Council decided to extend the term of office of judges of the International Tribunals handling serious crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the early 1990s, while requesting both courts to complete their work as expeditiously as possible.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Lima, from Chicago, shortly after midnight on Tuesday, 9 December.
Today is International Migrants Day. In the Secretary-General's message for the Day, he calls for the fulfilment and protection of the human rights of the world’s 232 million migrants.
Following is an introductory statement by the Secretary-General to a film highlighting the importance of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, launched at the eighth Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva 3-5 December:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the first summit of Heads of State and Government participating in the “Nouakchott Process”, delivered by Mohamed ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, in Nouakchott today:
The Security Council this morning renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which has supervised the ceasefire between Israel and Syria since 1974, for an additional next sixth months, until 30 June 2015.
As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began its examination of the revised budget proposal for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) for the biennium 2014-2015, some delegates expressed deep concern that sufficient resources would not reach the field, where assistance was most needed.
