The Security Council decided today to remove two individuals from its Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list – including the President appointed in the wake of Syria’s December 2024 popular uprising – as delegates widely welcomed efforts to “lift all obstacles” to the country’s economic recovery.
While climate change exacerbates conflict-causing tension, conflict, in turn, leads to pollution and ecosystem damage, the Security Council heard today, in a wide-ranging discussion on climate and security.
DOHA, QATAR (6 November) — As the Second World Summit for Social Development concluded today in Doha 30 years after the first was held in Copenhagen, speakers shared national experiences to alternately showcase progress or appeal for assistance — both in service of urging the international community to fulfil the promises made in both cities.
DOHA, QATAR (5 November) — Speakers at the final round-table discussion of the Second World Summit for Social Development today, in evaluating progress made since the First World Summit was held in Copenhagen 30 years ago, underscored the need to make good both on those promises and the ones made in Doha yesterday so that future generations do not continue to inherit the same problems.
The war in Sudan and political uncertainty in South Sudan continue to stall progress in political dialogue on the final status of Abyei — the disputed area along the border between the two countries — a senior UN official informed the Security Council today, as its members urged robust support for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) ahead of its expiration on 15 November.
Members of the Security Council traded barbs today over the origin of restricted items flowing into Yemen, as they were briefed by the chair of the committee tasked with implementing an arms embargo, economic sanctions and other measures aimed at tackling the country’s bloody — and increasingly regional — civil conflict.
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DOHA, QATAR (4 November) — Speakers at the opening panel of the Second World Summit for Social Development today called for renewed global commitment to the three pillars of social development — poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion — underscoring the urgent need to translate the commitments of the Doha Political Declaration into concrete action.
DOHA, QATAR (4 November) — Global leaders meeting at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar today adopted a landmark pledge to build a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable future for all people.
The Security Council today renewed for one year the mandate of the long-standing United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara, referencing Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal presented in 2007 — which envisions the territory as self-governing under Moroccan sovereignty — as a basis for negotiations.
