"PEACE AND SECURITY"

UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that the security situation in Mali and in the Sahel region as a whole is deteriorating at an alarming rate, adding that there has been “an increase in improvised explosive device attacks against our convoys.” UNIFEED

Delegates underscore need to reform Security Council membership, as 15-member organ concludes debate on upholding Charter.

The UN Security Council “strongly” condemned a terrorist attack on a military base in Chinagodrar, at Niger-Mali border, in which 89 Niger’s soldiers lost their lives. UNIFEED

Promote dialogue, peaceful settlement of disputes, speakers stress, as Security Council continues debate on upholding Charter.

Marking seventy-fifth anniversary of United Nations Charter, Security Council calls on Member States to uphold founding document’s principles.

Iran’s Ambassador Mahid Takht Ravanchi told the Security Council that “the world is at a crossroads” as “one unhinged regime is frantically clamoring to turn back time,” meaning “more damaging American unilateralism in defiance of international norms and law.” UNIFEED

“The Security Council needs to recapture its sense of unity and purpose,” the US ambassador Kelly Craft said during a high-level Security Council meeting today in New York adding, “we will act decisively in the exercise of our inherent right of self-defense to protect Americans when necessary, as is recognized under the Charter.” UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “at this time when global fault-lines risk exploding, we must return to fundamental principles; we must return to the framework that has kept us together; we must come home to the UN Charter.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan Force Commander visited Lirangu, an opposition-controlled area, where he was briefed by the opposition military commander in the area on the progress made so far in the implementation of transitional security arrangements as required by the country’s revitalized peace agreement. UNMISS

Presenting his latest report to the Security Council, the Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, painted a picture of relentless attacks on civilian and military targets in the region that, he said, have “shaken public confidence. UNIFEED