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UN News Centre - Peace and Security
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A world of news from the world organization.
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Ban receives report from team probing possible chemical weapons use in Syria, will brief Security Council on findings
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today received the report of the UN team probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria and plans to brief the members of the Security Council on the findings in a closed-door session tomorrow.
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Secretary-General receives Syria's formal accession to treaty banning chemical weapons
Welcoming the news that Russia and the United States have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical stockpiles, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has also announced the Syrian Government's formal accession to the international treaty on banning chemical weapons, effective 14 October.
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Somalia: Security Council welcomes new UN mission, encourages support for Somali-led development plan
The Security Council today welcomed the deployment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia - established three months ago in the Somali capital of Mogadishu – and looked forward to the mission playing an effective role in support of the long-troubled country's Federal Government.
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Security Council strongly condemns Taliban attack on US consulate in Herat
Strongly condemning the Taliban bombing attack against the United States Consulate in Herat, the United Nations Security Council today urged broad cooperation to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice and reiterated that “no terrorist act can reverse the path towards Afghan-led peace, democracy and stability in Afghanistan.”
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UN-Arab League joint envoy says US-Russia talks on Syria ‘extremely important'
Pressing ahead with his efforts secure a diplomatic solution that would end to more than two years of bloodshed in Syria, United Nations-Arab League Joint Representative Lakhdar Brahimi hosted a meeting between senior officials from Russia and the United States on devising a political path forward, in Geneva today.
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UN envoy in Somalia condemns attack on Jubba administration leader
The top UN official in Somalia today strongly condemned the violent attack on a vehicle in which Ahmad Muhammad Islam Madobe, leader of the interim Jubba administration was in the port city of Kismayo.
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UN Envoy: with Somalia on verge of 'great things,' more international assistance needed to secure gains
While praising the people and Government of Somalia, along with their international partners, for being “on the brink of achieving truly great things,” the top United Nations Envoy in the country warned the Security Council that overall success is not guaranteed and that “in no sense at all is the Somalia 'crisis' over.
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