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Statement attributable to the spokesman for the Secretary-General on the occasion of the signing by all Nuclear-Weapon States of the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia
The Secretary-General welcomes the signing by the nuclear-weapon States of the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia. The Protocol commits the nuclear-weapon States to respect the application of the Treaty in Central Asia as well as not to use or threaten to use…
UNMISS condemns attacks on aid barges
24 April 2014 - An attack today on a convoy of barges hired by UNMISS to a mission base in Upper Nile State was an example of the difficulties aid agencies and the mission were facing in reaching people in hard-to-access areas, a senior humanitarian official in South Sudan said today. Vincent Lelei…
UNMISS condemns unprovoked attack on barge convoy in Upper Nile State
Juba, 24 April 2014 - The UN Mission in South Sudan condemns in the strongest possible terms this morning’s unprovoked attack on a convoy of barges hired by the Mission to deliver urgently needed food and fuel supplies to the UNMISS Upper Nile Base in Malakal. The attack took place on the Nile River…
92.5% of Syria’s chemical weapons material removed or destroyed in-country
24 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms delivery of a further shipment of chemical weapons material. Today's operation brings the total of chemical material removed and destroyed in country to 92.5%. "I welcome the significant progress of the last three weeks, and I strongly encourage the…