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16 June 2017

SG/SM/18576-POP/1062

Continuing Fight for Justice Will Keep Babatunde Osotimehin ‘In Our Hearts’, Secretary-General Says at Service in Memory Of UNFPA Chief

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the memorial service for Babatunde Osotimehin, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York today:

16 June 2017

SG/SM/18575

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Helmut Kohl, Hails Vision of ‘Modern Germany’s Longest-Serving Chancellor’ in Charting European Integration

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

15 June 2017

SC/12874

Security Council Press Statement on Attack in Somalia

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz (Bolivia):

15 June 2017

SG/SM/18573-GA/11923-ORG/1651

Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly Resolution on New Counter-Terrorism Office, Calling Struggle ‘One of the Highest Priorities’

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

15 June 2017

SG/SM/18574

United Nations ‘Will Not Be Deterred’ from Supporting Somalia in Efforts towards Peace, Secretary-General Vows, Condemning Attack in Mogadishu

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

14 June 2017

DSG/SM/1062-DEV/3276

More Effective Rule of Law Accountability Mechanisms for Most Serious Crimes Key to Helping Communities in Conflict, Deputy Secretary-General Tells UNDP Meeting

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Annual Meeting on the Rule of Law, in New York today:

14 June 2017

DSG/SM/1063-GA/11921

Sustaining Intensified Response to Haiti Cholera Outbreak Key to Saving Lives, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, as Number of Cases Falls

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the General Assembly meeting on Haiti, in New York today:

14 June 2017

DC/3709

United Nations Conference to Negotiate Legally Binding Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Will Hold Second Substantive Session, 15 June - 7 July

NEW YORK, 14 June (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The second substantive session of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading towards Their Total Elimination will open in New York on 15 June, under the Presidency of Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez (Costa Rica).

14 June 2017

SC/12870

Security Council Press Statement on Iraq-Kuwait

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz (Bolivia):

13 June 2017

SG/SM/18570-PI/2206

Communications Technology Partnerships Key to Advancing Human Rights, Development, Secretary-General Says in Video Message for World Summit on Information Society

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Summit on the Information Society 2017 Forum, in Geneva on 12 June: