United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 2 April 2016]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
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1 April 2016
SC/12315
Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2279 (2016), Requests Options for United Nations Police Deployment to Monitor Security Situation in Burundi
Amid continuing violence and a persistent political impasse in Burundi, the Security Council requested today that the Secretary-General present options for the deployment of a United Nations police contribution to monitor the security situation, promote respect for human rights, and advance the rule of law in the country.
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1 April 2016
GA/11770
Calling Attention to Chronic Hunger, General Assembly Decides 2016-2025 Will Be Decade of Action on Nutrition
The General Assembly today appointed a new advisory body member and adopted a package of texts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) and decided to proclaim 2016-2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition.
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31 March 2016
SG/SM/17643-AFR/3355-PKO/569
‘Shocked to the Core’ by Latest Abuse Allegations in Central African Republic, Secretary-General Pledges to Relentlessly Confront Scourge, Aid Victims
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30 March 2016
SC/12308
Despite ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for Aid Distribution in Syria, Sustained Access Still ‘a Long Way Off’, Humanitarian Chief Tells Security Council
After five years of senseless and brutal conflict, a much-needed glimmer of hope had presented itself in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian chief told the Security Council today, during a briefing in which he nevertheless stressed that the sustained, unconditional and unimpeded access required by humanitarian actors was still a long way off.
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30 March 2016
SG/SM/17635-REF/1227
Open Doors Wider, ‘We Must Do Much, Much More’, Secretary-General Tells High-Level Meeting on Global Responsibility for Syrian Refugees
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30 March 2016
SG/SM/17636
Amid Evolving Threats, World Faces Shared Challenge to Build Landscape of Peace, End Injustices, Secretary-General Says at Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture in Sweden
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Dag Hammarskjöld lecture on “Evolving Threats, Timeless Values: The United Nations in a Changing Global Landscape”, in Stockholm,