United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 28 March 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
27 March 2015
SC/11842
Adopting Two Resolutions on Libya — 2213, 2214 (2015) — Security Council Extends United Nations Presence, Eases Arms Embargo to Counter Terrorist Threat
Unanimously adopting two separate resolutions this evening on Libya, the Security Council, in the first, called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and extended the United Nations Support Mission there (UNSMIL) until 15 September, and in the second, adjusted the arms embargo on the country in light of the terrorist threat there.
26 March 2015
SC/11837
Humanitarian Chief Notes ‘Breath-Taking Levels of Savagery’ in Syria, Faulting Security Council, Countries with Influence for Lack of Agreement on Way Out
A year after the adoption of resolution 2139 (2014), the situation in Syria had dramatically worsened, characterized by “breath-taking levels of savagery”, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today.
[see more extensive treatment in Week in Review above]
26 March 2015
SC/11836
Losing Sight of Peace between Israel, Palestine ‘Tantamount to Pouring Oil on Regional Flames’, Special Coordinator Warns Security Council
It might already be too late to realize the paradigm of “two States for two peoples”, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today, of the view that during his tenure he had been part of a peace process in which “a can is kicked down an endless road”.
26 March 2015
SC/11834
Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2211 (2015), Security Council Extends Mission, Intervention Brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Security Council today extended until 31 March 2016 the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), including its intervention brigade.
26 March 2015
SC/11835
Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2212 (2015), Security Council Increases Uniformed Personnel of Mission in Central African Republic
The Security Council today authorized an increase of 750 military personnel, 280 police personnel and 20 corrections officers for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), over the levels authorized by resolution 2149 (2014).
24 March 2015
SC/11831
Security Council Tells Parties in South Sudan to Issue Clear Orders against Human Rights Abuses, Reach Agreement on Transitional Government Arrangements
Underscoring the seriousness and urgency of the situation in South Sudan, the Security Council today called on all parties to armed conflict to issue clear orders prohibiting all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses without further delay.
27 March 2015
SG/SM/16625-SC/11841
Strongly Condemning Religious-Based Attacks, Secretary-General Urges Security Council to Help Middle East End Atrocity Crimes, Reclaim Historic Diversity
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East, in New York today:
25 March 2015
SG/SM/16617-SC/11833
At Security Council Debate on Children, Armed Conflict, Secretary General Says ‘Children of the World Should Be Students, Not Soldiers’
[see more extensive treatment in Week in Review above]
27 Mar 2015
Ban Ki-moon on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East – Security Council, 7419th meeting (English)
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General at the 7419th meeting of the Security Council on the issue of the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East.
27 Mar 2015
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East – Security Council, 7419th meeting (English)
Statement by Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 7419th meeting of the Security Council on the issue of the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East.