4 June 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Muhammad Ali, and extended his condolences to the Ali family and the many millions of fans mourning his death in every corner of the world.
3 June 2016 – Terror, violence and the incitement that fuel them, along with the ongoing settlement enterprise and the lack of unity between Gaza and the West Bank are all obstacles that must be overcome on the path towards achieving peace in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, calling on the international community to exercise its influence to help reach this goal.
3 June 2016 – United Nations Police (UNPOL) has become a central pillar of the Organization’s peace operations and therefore must be “fit for purpose” to meet the security threats in today’s volatile world, senior UN officials told the first-ever gathering of national police leaders today.
3 June 2016 – Children and youth are often the most vulnerable victims of the scourge of radicalization and violence, the President of the United Nations General Assembly emphasized today, urging the international community to advance its own thinking and refine its responses to addressing the challenges of violent extremism.
3 June 2016 - This week's top stories from the UN News Centre, featuring terror attacks in Mali, the deadliest year on record for refugees, the latest on Zika transmission, and sniffer dogs in South Sudan.
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2 June 2016 – At a Security Council debate today on sexual violence in conflict, senior United Nations officials stressed that in the past decade, the world has witnessed a fundamental shift in the way the issue is understood and addressed as a peace and security concern.
2 June 2016 – United Nations Senior Advisor Jan Egeland said today there are plans to go to 11 besieged areas in Syria in the next few days, following the delivery yesterday of humanitarian supplies in the city of Darayya for the first time since it was besieged in 2012.
2 June 2016 – “He is concerned that this situation has the potential to adversely affect international support to Haiti,” a statement issued by the Secretary-General’s spokesperson said.
World Environment Day aims to inspire more people than ever before to take action to prevent the growing strain on planet Earth’s natural systems from reaching the breaking point. The 2016 theme highlights the fight against the illegal trade in wildlife, which erodes precious biodiversity and threatens the survival of elephants, rhinos and tigers, as well as many other species.
Award-winning movie star Michelle Yeoh and two baby pandas have kicked off the Pandas for the Global Goals campaign, which urges the public to get involved in the fun of naming the cubs, as well as in the serious work of realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted last year by the United Nations Member States. UNDP has also appointed the two panda cubs, who were born at the Chengdu Panda Base in China in the same year as the SDGs, as its first-ever animal ‘ambassadors’ to help raise awareness of the new Goals.
The United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS) is a historic gathering of more than 100 police leaders from around the world. At the Summit, national chiefs of police, together with key partners and senior UN representatives will chart the way forward for UN Police in order to deliver greater impact on the ground and to tackle the policing challenges of the twenty-first century. UN COPS will also be a platform to discuss how peace operations and national policing complement and mutually reinforce each other when addressing current and emerging challenges, such as transnational threats.
