United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 5 September 2015]

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United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 5 September 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
4 September 2015
SC/12036
Security Council Press Statement on Yemen

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4 September 2015
SG/SM/17049-OBV/1511
Literacy Essential to “Life of Dignity”, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Day

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2 September 2015
SC/12032
Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2237 (2015), Security Council Renews Arms Embargo on Non-State Actors in Liberia, Terminates Other Sanctions
The Security Council today renewed an arms embargo on non-State actors in Liberia for nine months while terminating other sanctions on the country, including a travel ban and asset freeze on those deemed a danger to its stability.

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2 September 2015
SG/SM/17046-OBV/1510
Secretary-General, in Message for International Charity Day, Encourages All to Help Ease Human Suffering, Build Peaceful, Sustainable Future

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1 September 2015
GA/11670
Setting Stage for Upcoming Session, General Assembly Transmits Text on Ambitious Post-2015 Development Agenda
In a historic move today, the General Assembly adopted a resolution transmitting to its seventieth session a sweeping post-2015 development agenda aimed at eliminating poverty and hunger, protecting the planet and fostering peace, to be acted on during a high-level summit later this month.

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1 September 2015
SG/SM/17044-GA/11671-ENV/DEV/1549
Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly, Applauds ‘Agenda 2030’ as Mark of Global Commitment at Dawn of New Era for Sustainable Development