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Nickolay Mladenov, the departing Special Representative for Iraq, briefed the Security Council this morning on the situation in Iraq, noting that almost-daily terrorist attacks continue to kill Iraqis. He highlighted the violations of human rights by Da’esh and the equally worrying revenge attacks that have taken place.
Staffan de Mistura, the Special Envoy for Syria, will brief the Security Council later in the afternoon in closed consultations about his recent diplomatic efforts.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said today that the mass beheading of Christians in Libya was a “vile crime targeting people on the basis of their religion”.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it is determined to continue its operations across Yemen despite clashes between rival factions, the President’s resignation and demands in the south for secession.
An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) completed today a third review of Japan's efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
On Ebola, the World Bank is teaming up with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and national authorities, by providing $5 million for urgently needed interventions in assisting rural households in Guinea.
Michael Bloomberg, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, is completing a two-day visit to India where he advocated for increased renewable resources, smarter cities, sustainable transport and urban climate adaptation.
UNAIDS [Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS], UNICEF [United Nations Children’s Fund] and other partners, such as the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, launched today in Nairobi, “All In”, a new platform for action in the fight against AIDS in adolescents aimed at encouraging strategic changes in policy and engaging more young people in that effort.
UN-Women [United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women] and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have condemned the brutal murder of Özgecan Aslan and continue to stand with the women and men of Turkey in the fight against gender-based violence.
Algeria and Australia, became the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth Member States to pay their regular budget assessments in full.
