United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 22 August 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
19 August 2015
SC/12016
Relief Coordinator Warns Security Council of ‘Needless’ Suffering in Yemen, Urges Collective Action to Fund Humanitarian Appeal
If the international community did not take immediate measures to end the fighting in Yemen, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the region cautioned the Security Council today, there would be nothing left to fight for.

19 August 2015
SC/12014
Goal of Resolving Israeli-Palestinian Question Clear, but 20 Years of Failed Talks Led to ‘Slow and Painful Withering of Hope’, Security Council Told in Briefing
The recurrent violent incidents and radicalization in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, threatened to further destabilize an already tense environment for Israel and Palestine, a United Nations senior political affairs official told the Security Council today, urging both sides to work together to reduce tensions and prevent extremist attacks.

19 August 2015
SG/SM/17019-IHA/1374-OBV/1507
In Video Message for World Humanitarian Day, Secretary-General Urges Greater Sense of Global Citizenship to End Suffering

18 August 2015
SG/SM/17018-IHA/1373-OBV/1506
‘Each of Us Has the Power, Responsibility to Create a More Humane World’, Secretary-General Says at Event Marking World Humanitarian Day

13 August 2015
SG/A/1585-BIO/4747
Secretary-General Appoints Elia Armstrong of Canada Director of Ethics Office
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Elia Armstrong of Canada as Director of the Ethics Office. She succeeds Joan Elise Dubinsky of the United States, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service to the Organization.

13 August 2015
SC/12006
Chance Ebola Can Be Defeated by End of 2015, World Health Organization Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Sustained Focus to Prevent Future Outbreaks
Ebola could be “soundly defeated” by the end of the year if the intensity of case detection and contact tracing was sustained, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) told the Security Council today, outlining reforms to improve the organization’s performance and crediting unwavering leadership, especially in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, for a “night-and-day” difference in the situation from less than a year ago.

10 August 2015
SG/SM/17005-HR/5266-OBV/1502
Indigenous Peoples Must Not Be Left Behind upon Launch of Sustainable Development Agenda in September, Says Secretary-General at International Day Commemoration

7 August 2015
SG/SM/16995-SC/12002
Welcoming Security Council Adoption of Resolution 2235 (2015), Secretary-General Issues Call to Hold Parties Accountable for Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria

7 August 2015
SC/12001
Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution 2235 (2015), Establishing Mechanism to Identify Perpetrators Using Chemical Weapons in Syria
The Security Council today decided to establish for one year a Joint Investigative Mechanism of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which would identify “to the greatest extent feasible” individuals, entities, groups or Governments perpetrating, organizing, sponsoring or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals as weapons in Syria.