United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 6 February 2016]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage

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5 February 2016
SOC/4834
Urging Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in 2030 Agenda-Based Policies, Speakers Hail Historic Gains at Social Development Commission Discussion
There was now a common understanding that social policies inclusive of persons with disabilities were a “sound” investment in society and that their exclusion from decisions came with economic costs that countries could no longer ignore, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities told the Commission for Social Development today, outlining ways to ensure the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development built on historic gains in their recognition.

4 February 2016
SG/SM/17512
Sudden Spike in Military Action, Insufficient Humanitarian Access ‘Deeply Disturbing’, Secretary-General Tells Supporting Syria Conference

4 February 2016
SG/SM/17513-OBV/1578-WOM/2058
‘We Can End Female Genital Mutilation within a Generation’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Mark Global Zero-Tolerance Day for Harmful Practice

3 February 2016
SOC/4832
Despite ‘Enormous’ Gains since Copenhagen Declaration, Inclusive Progress Must Reach Millions More, Delegates Tell Social Development Commission
While “enormous” gains had been made since the World Summit for Social Development had resulted in the Copenhagen Declaration in 1995, progress remained uneven — both within and among countries — with millions of people still excluded from access to the very rights, services and income-generating activities that underpinned a sustainable future for all, delegates said today as the Commission for Social Development opened the substantive segment of its fifty-fourth session.

2 February 2016
SG/SM/17507
Secretary-General, in Message for Meeting on Mass Atrocity Crimes, Hails Growing Commitment to Preventing ‘Brutal Acts that Defy Our Common Humanity’