"SAMANTHA POWER"

World Bank Group President David Malpass and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power highlighted the importance of responding to the interlocking crises facing developing countries, including through support to countries facing a food crisis. WORLD BANK

The new permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said “you’re going to see a change in the way we do business, it’s no longer about working harder it is about working smarter.” UNIFEED

The UN chief of political affairs Jeffrey Feltman told the Security Council that the implementation of the Iran's nuclear deal, reached by world powers and Iran on 14 July 2015, was “a good example of how multilateral diplomacy, political will and perseverance can resolve the most complex issues.” UNIFEED

Samantha Power, outgoing United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addresses her final press conference in her current capacity.

US Ambassador Samantha Power said that efforts by the incoming US administration to defund the United Nations (UN) “would be extremely detrimental to US interests.” UNIFEED

United Nations (UN) humanitarian head, Stephen O’Brien, told the Security Council that what began as a protection crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, has become a major food and nutrition crisis, “one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world.” UNIFEED / FILE

Israel’s settlements have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of international law, the Security Council reaffirms at 7853rd meeting.

The Security Council adopted a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. UNIFEED

A draft resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on the government of South Sudan failed to pass in the Security Council. UNIFEED

Alarmed at the devastating humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, where perhaps thousands of civilians remain trapped, the Security Council today requested the United Nations and other relevant institutions to carry out “adequate, neutral monitoring and direct observation on evacuations from the eastern districts” of the war-battered city. UNIFEED