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The Secretary-General today met with the Governor-General of Canada in Ottawa this morning. They discussed humanitarian issues, the sustainable development goals and climate change.
Last night in Munich, Germany, the members of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) decided that humanitarian access will commence this week to besieged areas, and an ISSG task force will within one week elaborate modalities for a nationwide cessation of hostilities.
In a statement, the Secretary-General says that he condemns the complex attack perpetrated against the camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Kidal this morning that claimed the lives of at least five peacekeepers and injured approximately 30.
In a statement, the Secretary-General said that he wishes to pay tribute to the first ever all-female Formed Police Unit (FPU) deployed to a United Nations peacekeeping operation, which will end its mission in Liberia after nine years. The 125 women and supporting personnel will return to India this weekend.
The Secretary-General has submitted the first report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism to the Security Council today, in accordance with resolution 2235 (2015). The report provides an overview of the work of the Joint Investigative Mechanism to date, the sources of information available to the Mechanism and the methodology behind their investigation. The Secretary-General appreciates the professional, independent, objective and impartial work that is being carried out. The Security Council is expected to consider the report on 22 February.
The Representatives of the Quartet – European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson – met in Munich today.
Yesterday, the Secretary-General spoke on the telephone with the Prime Minister-designate of Libya, Fayez Serraj, and he also spoke to the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, by phone to discuss the latest developments in Libya.
Yesterday, following a year of dialogue and efforts supported by the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), a non-aggression pact was signed between the Muslim community from Bangui’s PK5 area and Christian residents from the Boeing area in Bangui’s outskirts.
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcomes yesterday's announcement by President Kiir of the appointment of Riek Machar as First Vice President of South Sudan. This is an important step in the formation of the Transitional Government and the implementation of the peace agreement.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) today said that more than 80,000 refugees and migrants have arrived by boat in Europe during the first six weeks of this year, with more than 400 people having died making the journey.
A joint statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and partners on the impact of El Nino on southern Africa’s harvests and food security warns that southern Africa is currently in the grip of an intense drought that has expanded and strengthened, driven by one of the strongest El Niño events of the last 50 years.
Across large swathes of Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Madagascar, the current rainfall season has so far been the driest in the last 35 years.
United Nations Publications is pleased to announce the launch of the United Nations iLibrary, the first comprehensive global search, discovery, and dissemination platform for digital content created by the United Nations.
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Bureau announced today the establishment of an Independent Team of Advisors.
The Netherlands has become the 30th Member State to pay its UN dues in full.
