Security Council Press Statement on Yemen
SC/11638
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):
In progress at UNHQ
Security Council Press Statement on Twentieth Anniversary of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
SC/11637-AFR/3009-L/3236
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):
Secretary-General Welcomes Announcement on Yemen’s New Peace and National Partnership Government as Positive Step in ‘Uncertain and Fragile’ Time
SG/SM/16321
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
In Geneva, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stressed the impact of the Ebola crisis on essential health services in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In the past three months, UNICEF has shipped almost 3,000 metric tonnes of life-saving supplies, including protective equipment and essential medicine.
Statement by Chair of Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
SC/11635
At its 50th meeting, on 19 September 2014, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the fifth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2014/453), to address the following message through a public statement issued by the Chair of the Working Group:
Security Council 2140 Sanctions Committee Designates Three Individuals as Subject to Assets Freeze, Travel Ban
SC/11636
On 7 November 2014, the Security Council’s 2140 Sanctions Committee designated three individuals as subject to the assets freeze and travel ban measures outlined, respectively, in paragraphs 11 and 15 of Security Council resolution 2140 (2014), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre Helps States Fight Deadly Menace, Secretary-General Tells Advisory Board
SG/SM/16320
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, in New York, 7 November:
United Nations Shaping New Development Agenda, Leading Global Response to Pressing Crisis, Secretary-General Tells Beijing Forum in Video Message
SG/SM/16319-DEV/3146
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Beijing Forum 2014, held from 7 to 9 November:
Activities of Secretary-General in Kenya, 29 October-1 November
SG/T/2993
United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon arrived in Dadaab, Kenya on Wednesday, 29 October. This was the fourth and last leg of a joint visit to the Horn of Africa region, with the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, as well as representatives of the African Union, the European Union, the African Development Bank, and the Islamic Development Bank.
Legal Committee Hears Reports of Working Groups on Draft Convention Addressing International Terrorism, Universal Jurisdiction Principle
GA/L/3493
Nearing the end of formal deliberations in the sixty-ninth session, the Sixth Committee (Legal) took action today on four draft resolutions and heard oral reports by the Chairs of two working groups.