The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
10 April 2018 I am outraged by the continued reports of use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic. I reiterate my strong condemnation of the use of chemical weapons against the civilian population. Any confirmed use of chemical we...Read More
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
The Security Council, voting today on three separate draft resolutions in response to recent allegations of a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma, failed to rally the votes needed to launch an “independent mechanism of inves...Read More
WHO is deeply alarmed by reports of the suspected use of toxic chemicals in Douma city, East Ghouta. According to reports from Health Cluster partners, during the shelling of Douma on Saturday, an estimated 500 patients presented to health ...Read More
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
The current state of chaos in the Middle East, including the conflict in Syria, had become a threat to international peace and security, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council this morning, appealing to the 15‑member b...Read More
Note: A complete summary of today’s Security Council meeting on Syria will be made available after its conclusion.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the Security Council on Syria, in New York today:
The Security Council today failed to hold a public meeting on the human rights situation in Syria — which would have featured a briefing by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein — following a procedural vote on the m...Read More
19 March 2018 Mr President and Dear Karel, 1. I am joining you by VTC from Brussels because I had very minor eye surgery on my right eye which had been affected in many missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and it was useful to do ...Read More