SC/11493-AFR/2944-IHA/1339
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):
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SC/11491-AFR/2941
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):
SC/11490
On 23 July 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following update to its Implementation Assistance Notice no. 2.
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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq this morning called on the Security Council to demand that the Islamist forces that now controlled a third of the country's territory cease all hostilities and atrocities and ensure that the group’s "horrific terrorist acts" were held to account.
SC/11489-AFR/2940
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):
SC/11487
On 21 July 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic drew attention to the recommendation contained in paragraph 113 (b) of the interim report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic dated 1 July 2014.
SC/11485
Although a ceasefire was critical in ending the escalating violence, if the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were not addressed, the problem would never be solved, but merely delayed for yet another time, the Secretary-General told the Security Council today during an open debate on the Middle East.
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Deploring the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on 17 July and voicing concern that armed groups had impeded access to the crash site, the Security Council this afternoon called for an independent international investigation and an immediate halt to military activities in the area.
SC/11484-IK/679
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):
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In a meeting today to address the devastating impacts of the violence engulfing Gaza — claiming civilian lives and threatening an already troubled region — the United Nations senior political official told the Security Council the attacks and retaliations were frustrating hopes of any de-escalation.