United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 30 May 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
29 May 2015
SC/11912
Action against Threat of Foreign Terrorist Fighters Must Be Ramped Up, Security Council Urges in High-Level Meeting
The Security Council this morning welcomed what it called “extraordinary efforts” by States to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to and from conflict zones, while urging stepped-up work on the issue due to growing recruitment by extremist groups, from more than 100 countries.

28 May 2015
ECOSOC/6691
At Economic and Social Council Partnerships Forum, Speakers Stress Investment in Health-Care Systems Critical to Achieving Post-2015 Agenda Targets
Robust, sustained investment in health-care systems were critical to achieving post-2015 development targets, as well as making the “final push” against the West African Ebola outbreak and preventing other devastating epidemics, said high-level speakers, as the Economic and Social Council held its annual Partnerships Forum and launched the Global Network on Promoting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization today.

28 May 2015
SC/11911
Humanitarian Chief, Briefing Security Council, Describes Savagery in Syria, Urging Members to Set Aside Differences
Syria’s descent into “deeper depths of despair” over the past four years had surpassed what even the most pessimistic observers thought possible, the top United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council today, urging the 15-member body to set aside its political differences and prevent the abandonment of Syrians to further hopelessness.

28 May 2015
GA/11646
Expressing Outrage over Attacks on Cultural Heritage of Iraq, General Assembly Unanimously Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Action
Condemning the barbaric destruction and looting of the cultural heritage of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the General Assembly today deplored the rising incidence of intentional attacks against and threats to such heritage of countries affected by armed conflict.

29 May 2015
SC/11914-AFR/3147-PKO/493
Security Council Press Statement on Mali
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania).

28 May 2015
DSG/SM/869-GA/11647-IK/703
World Must Do All in Its Power to Halt Destruction of Iraq’s Cultural Heritage, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly
Following are United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on “Saving the cultural heritage of Iraq” today.

28 May 2015
DSG/SM/868-ECOSOC/6693-ENV/DEV/1523
Global Cross-Cutting Partnerships Needed for Post-2015 Sustainable Future, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Economic and Social Council Forum
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Economic and Social Council annual Partnerships Forum, “The role of Partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Making it Happen”, in New York today.