United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly   [to 17 October 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage

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16 October 2015
GA/11708
General Assembly Praises African Union’s Agenda 2063, Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals as Comprehensive Blueprint for Africa’s Advancement
Speakers praised the African Union’s ambitious 50-year “Agenda 2063”, which together with its first 10-year implementation plan, the Addis Ababa funding scheme, and the universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, was a holistic and coherent framework for advancing and following up on Africa’s development, the General Assembly heard today as it took up the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

16 October 2015
SC/12083
Amid New Violence in West Bank, Speakers in Security Council Urge Palestinians, Israelis De-escalate Situation, Respect Status Quo around Holy Sites
The crisis sparked by fresh violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza could not be stopped by security measures alone, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council today, urging Palestinians and Israelis to respect decades-old status quo arrangements around holy sites, and for political leaders on all sides to calm their language in a joint effort to deescalate the situation.

15 October 2015
GA/11707
General Assembly Elects Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2016-2017
In one round of voting, the General Assembly today elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay to serve as non-permanent members of the Security Council for the next two years.

15 October 2015
DSG/SM/908-IHA/1378
Humanitarian Actors Should Not Create Dependency for Refugees, Displaced Persons, Deputy Secretary-General Tells World Summit
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit Global Consultation, today in Geneva, Switzerland.

14 October 2015
SC/12080
Speakers Urge Greater Action to Implement Women, Peace and Security Agenda, as Security Council Concludes Debate on Resolution 1325 (2000)
Fifteen years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon continued Tuesday’s high-level debate on strengthening implementation of that and subsequent resolutions, urging “action instead of talk”.

14 October 2015
GA/SHC/4135
Opening Debate on Children’s Rights, Officials Warn Third Committee of Disturbing Spike in Targeted Abductions, Recruitment by Armed Groups, Shuttered Schools
The plight of children living in the midst of conflict had worsened in many parts of the world, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today as it began its consideration of the promotion and protection of the rights of young people with an interactive dialogue with top United Nations officials.

13 October 2015
SC/12076
Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution 2242 (2015) to Improve Implementation of Landmark Text on Women, Peace, Security Agenda
The Security Council today outlined sweeping actions to improve implementation of its landmark women, peace and security agenda, covering its work on countering violent extremism and terrorism, improving working methods and broadly taking up the gender recommendations of a just-completed global study it had requested two years ago.