United Nations – Selected Meetings Coverage and Press Releases [to 15 March 2014]

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United Nations – Selected Meetings Coverage and Press Releases [to 15 March 2014]
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UN Meetings
Security Council Fails to Adopt Text Urging Member States Not to Recognize Planned 16 March Referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea Region (15 March 2014)
After weeks of intense diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, the Security Council today failed to adopt a draft resolution that would have urged Member States not to recognize the results of the referendum planned for 16 March in that country’s autonomous Crimea region, or any alteration of its status.
SC/11319

United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo Must Transform into ‘Robust, Flexible, Highly Mobile’ Entity, Security Council Told (14 March 2014)
Fourteen years of a “static” approach to civilian protection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had proven insufficient, and the United Nations mission there must transform into a robust, flexible and highly mobile entity, able to deploy across the country’s volatile eastern region, the world body’s senior official there told the Security Council today.
SC/11316

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2144 (2014), Authorizing Year-Long Mandate Extension for United Nations Support Mission in Libya (14 March 2014)
The Security Council today renewed the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 13 March 2015.
SC/11315

Common Position in Women’s Commission: Post-2015 Agenda Must Include Gender Equality Targets Absent from Millennium Development Goals (13 March 2014)
WOM/1983

‘Gender Lens’ Sharpens Focus of Economic and Social Council Reforms, Shapes Global Policy, Speakers Say in Women’s Commission (12 March 2014)
WOM/1982

Speakers in Women’s Commission Say Legal Gaps in Protection, Prevention, Accountability for Violence against Women Must Be Addressed (11 March 2014)
WOM/1981

Press Releases
Awareness Must Be Coupled with Concrete Action to Protect Vital Forests, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Observance (13 March 2014)
SG/SM/15706-ENV/DEV/1415-OBV/1305

With Violence in Syria Reaching ‘Unthinkable Levels’, Secretary-General Appeals for End to Tragedy of World’s Biggest Humanitarian, Peace, Security Crisis (12 March 2014)
SG/SM/15703

Secretary-General, Concerned about Escalating Violence in Darfur, Urges All Parties to Cease Hostilities, Ensure Protection of Civilians (10 March 2014)
SG/SM/15700-AFR/2835

Gender Equality Key to Achieving Millennium Goals, Says Secretary-General, Urging Greater Focus on Maternal Health as Commission on Status of Women Opens (10 March 2014)
SG/SM/15697-WOM/1980