The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Hardeep Singh Puri (India): The members of the Security Council were saddened by the news of the landmine explosion that occurred during a UNISFA (United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei) patrol in the Abyei region on 2 August, which resulted in […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the UN 21 Awards, as prepared for delivery: I am delighted to be with you for the UN 21 awards. When they were initiated 15 years ago, the idea was to honour initiatives that would help to prepare the United Nations for the twenty-first century. We […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is saddened by the death of four peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), who were killed by a landmine detonation during a patrol in Mabok, south-east of Abyei Town, on 2 August. The […]
(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.) The new Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations, Meshal Hamad Mohamed Jabr Al-Thani, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Al-Thani joins the United Nations following seven years at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Brussels, Belgium, where […]
With the situations in Syria, Libya and Somalia becoming increasingly more worrisome, and attention needed on peacekeeping and other issues, the usually light August agenda of the Security Council was quickly filling up, the permanent representative of India, which holds presidency of the body for the month, said this afternoon. ?We had intended this […]
On 28 July 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council […]
The following statement was issued on 31 July by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over reports from Syria that hundreds of protesters have been killed and injured in Hama and other towns and cities throughout the country. He strongly condemns the use of force against the civilian population and calls […]
With more than $1 billion in aid still needed, images emerging from the Horn of Africa of starving women and children must serve as a ?wake-up call? to donors, said the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today, as she briefed correspondents on that region?s worst drought in 60 years. Tens of thousands had already […]
Resolution 2002 (2011) Targets Recruiters of Child Soldiers, Among Others The Security Council today tightened its sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea to include individuals and entities identified as political or military leaders recruiting or using child soldiers in Somalia?s armed conflicts, and targeting civilians or committing attacks against schools and hospitals in the […]
Expressing strong determination to support the peace process in Sudan?s troubled western region, as well as concern over worsening violence there, the Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for another 12 months. By unanimously adopting resolution 2003 (2011), the Council decided to maintain […]
