United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 5 March 2016]

United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 5 March 2016]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage

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3 March 2016
SC/12271
Humanitarian Chief Urges More Pressure on Parties in Yemen Conflict to Better Protect Civilians, Resume Peace Talks, during Security Council Briefing
The United Nations humanitarian chief, in a briefing to the Security Council, called today for greater international pressure on the parties to the conflict in Yemen in order to better protect civilians, facilitate relief access to all parts of the country, and encourage the resumption of peace talks and a cessation of hostilities.

2 March 2016
SC/12267
Security Council Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2270 (2016)
The Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 6 January 2016 “in violation and flagrant disregard” of the relevant resolutions, its actions thereby constituting a challenge to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and to peace and stability in the region and beyond.

2 March 2016
SG/A/1639
Secretary-General Appoints Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.

1 March 2016
DSG/SM/946
Deputy Secretary-General, at Forum on Fragility, Conflict, Violence, Stresses Need for Dynamic, Organic Link between Humanitarian Action, Development
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Bank Group Forum on Fragility, Conflict and Violence, in Washington, D.C.,