Dec 11, 2016, at 12:57 pm
New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News): Strongly condemning the outgoing Gambian President's rejection of the official election results proclaimed by the country's Independent Electoral Commission, the United Nations Security Council urged him to carry out a peaceful and orderly transition process.
Without urgent steps to end violence, Aleppo may become ‘giant graveyard,’ Security Council told
Dec 01, 2016, at 01:07 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): With thousands of civilians fleeing neighbourhoods in eastern Aleppo, senior United Nations officials on Wednesday appealed to the Security Council and the wider international community to come together and “do everything in their power to protect civilians and enable aid access to the besieged parts of the [war-battered city] before it becomes one giant graveyard.â€
Nov 10, 2016, at 01:49 pm
New York, Nov 10 (Just Earth News): Alongside liberating the country’s territory from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), it is essential that processes are undertaken to “capture the hearts and minds†of all Iraqis from all parts of Iraq for it to be peaceful and united, the United Nations envoy to the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN Security Council ‘strongly condemns’ ceasefire violations in Mali
Nov 04, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Nov 4 (Just Earth News): Strongly condemning repeated violations of the ceasefire arrangements by the Plateforme and Coordination in and around northern Mali’s restive Kidal town, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday warned that such acts threaten the viability of the peace agreement in the country and called on the armed groups to immediately cease hostilities and return to dialogue.
Oct 12, 2016, at 02:59 pm
New York, Oct 12 (Just Earth News): Warning of an extremely fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where “actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends,†the top United Nations official in the country called on Tuesday on the Security Council to urge the parties to return to dialogue, guarantee the right to peaceful opposition and to end impunity for violence.
Ban calls on UN Security Council for decisive steps to end attacks on hospitals, medical staff
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:34 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Denouncing a surge in “horrific attacks†on hospitals, clinics and medical staff, most recently in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Security Council on Wednesday to take decisive steps to end such obvious war crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable.
Sep 07, 2016, at 12:58 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday condemned the ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday, 5 September.