United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 12 September 2015]

United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 12 September 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
11 September 2015
GA/11677
Adopting Six Resolutions, General Assembly Supports Multilingualism, Bolsters Transparency in Selection of Secretary-General
Resolutions aimed at fostering greater transparency in the selection of the next Secretary-General and equitable use of all six official languages in the activities of the United Nations were among six texts adopted by the General Assembly today, one of which required a recorded vote.

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10 September 2015
GA/11676
State of Palestine Flag to Fly at United Nations Headquarters, Offices as General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Non-Member Observer States
Amidst heated debates about the political value of symbolic gestures, the General Assembly today adopted five resolutions on a wide range of topics, including the raising of flags by non-member observer States at the United Nations and debt restructuring.

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10 September 2015
SC/12038
Tackling Ebola, Post-Conflict Challenges, Liberia Poised to Resume Security Duties as Mission Readies Drawdown Plan, Top Peacekeeping Official Tells Security Council
With Liberia having turned a corner from its unprecedented Ebola health emergency, the people and Government now had the important work of continuing to build a unified and reconciled nation fully responsible for its own destiny, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today.

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10 September 2015
SG/SM/17064-SC/12040-DC/3582
Secretary-General Welcomes Security Council Follow-Up to Resolution 2235 (2015), Reiterating Call for Parties in Syria to Support Joint Investigative Body
The Secretary-General welcomes the authorisation by the Security Council of the Secretary-General’s recommendations to establish and operate the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons–United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism.
It underlines once again the importance of addressing the use of toxic chemicals as weapons, and the need for the perpetrators to be held accountable.
The Secretary-General, in close coordination with the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and all other relevant parties, shall, without delay, undertake all steps, measures and arrangements necessary for the speedy establishment and full functioning of the Joint Investigative Mechanism…

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9 September 2015
SG/SM/17062-OBV/1514
Tourism Now a ‘Transformative Force’, Secretary-General Says, in Message for International Day
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day 2015 under the theme “One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities”, observed 27 September.

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8 September 2015
SG/SM/17055-REF/1211
In Phone Calls with European Heads of State, Secretary-General Stresses Collective Duty to Respond Humanely as Refugees Arrive, Many Fleeing War, Violence

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8 September 2015
SG/SM/17054-GA/11672
Secretary-General, Citing ‘Damning’ List of Humanitarian Crises, Calls for Renewed Action as General Assembly Holds Dialogue on ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Pledge