United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 11 July 2015]

United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 11 July 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
10 July 2015
SG/SM/16928
At Ebola Recovery Conference, Secretary-General Thanks Stakeholders, Urges Continued Action to Ensure Cases “Stay at Zero”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the International Ebola Recovery Conference, in New York.

10 July 2015
ECOSOC/6714
At Closing of Economic and Social Council High-level Segment, Secretary-General Urges Stakeholders to End Poverty, Build Sustainable World for All
The 2015 high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council concluded today with interactive national voluntary presentations and a thematic discussion on ways of strengthening and building institutions for policy integration in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, capping week-long deliberations that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said had helped to outline how the forum could organize its work, keep track of progress and bolster implementation.

8 July 2015
ECOSOC/6712
Concluding Session, High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Adopts Declaration of Commitment to Ambitious, People-centred Post-2015 Agenda
The High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development closed its eight-day annual session today with the adoption of a declaration that committed ministers from around the world to establishing a “strong, universal, ambitious, inclusive and people-centred” post-2015 development agenda that completed the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals and responded to new challenges.

8 July 2015
SC/11961
At Meeting Commemorating Twentieth Anniversary of Srebrenica Killings, Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution
During a meeting held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the massacres in Srebrenica, the Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have emphasized acceptance of those tragic events as genocide as a prerequisite for national reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

6 July 2015
GA/11661
Need to Eradicate Hunger, Not Associate Violent Extremism with Religion, Nationality, among Texts Adopted by General Assembly
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution reaffirming that violent extremism “cannot and should not” be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group, and underlining the importance of moderation as a value within societies for fostering tolerance and understanding.