Marking the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of conflict in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands, the Security Council today demanded that the clashing leaders in the young country fully implement agreements to end the hostilities, and reiterated its intention to consider measures against those impeding the peace process.
In the 10 months since the adoption of resolution 2139 (2013), calls by the Security Council for the parties to conflict in Syria to end all violations of international humanitarian and human rights law had gone unheard, a top United Nations relief official told the 15-member body today, stressing that an estimated 200,000 people had been killed amid worsening violence.
The multilingual smartphone app The United Nations Calendar of Observances: Making a Difference is now available for free for Android devices in eight languages.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December:
Recognizing that the Ebola outbreak had slowed national reforms, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia until 30 September 2015, outlining priorities in the areas of civilian protection, humanitarian assistance support, justice and security body reforms, human rights promotion and protection, and protection of United Nations personnel.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released the latest report from the Monitoring Mission in Ukraine today. He said that the conflict is in its ninth month and the situation is becoming increasingly dire for the population living in the east.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the “MY World” celebration, in New York today:
The United Nations today released the sixty-fourth volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, covering the Organization’s global activities in 2010.
The following statement was issued today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its twenty-eighth session from 10 to 12 December.
