UN Security Council Press Statements

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9 February 2022 SC/14790 This press statement expressed serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government, took note of the decision of ECOWAS and the AU to suspend Burkina Faso, and expressed support for regional mediation efforts.
4 February 2022 SC/14787 This was a statement on the situation in DRC.
4 February 2022 SC/14786 This statement stressed the need for the resumption of regular meetings of the Lebanese Council of Ministers, underlined the importance of holding free, fair and inclusive elections on 15 May 2022 and called on the Lebanese authorities to investigate all attacks against UNIFIL.
27 January 2022 SC/14781 This press statement reiterated Council members’ support for the implementation of the peace agreement.
24 January 2022 SC/14774 In this press statement, Council members condemned in the strongest terms the 21 January terrorist attack in Diyala Province, Iraq.
21 January 2022 SC/14771 This press statement condemned the “heinous terrorist attacks” in Abu Dhabi on 17 January that were committed and claimed by the Houthis.
14 January 2022 SC/14765 This press statement condemned the Houthi seizure and detention of the UAE-flagged vessel, RWABEE, off the coast of Yemen on 2 January 2022.
29 December 2021 SC/14754 This was a press statement on Myanmar, in which Council members condemned the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two staff of Save the Children, in Kayah State on 24 December.
8 December 2021 SC/14727 This press statement condemned in the strongest terms a series of recent attacks against MINUSMA following an attack on 7 December 2021 that killed seven peacekeepers from Togo and one MINUSMA contractor from Mali.
6 December 2021 SC/14720 This press statement condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack perpetrated near Songho, Bandiagara region, in Central Mali on 3 December 2021, in which more than 30 civilians, including women and children, were killed and others injured.
24 November 2021 SC/14713 In this statement, Council members congratulated Colombians on the fifth anniversary of the 2016 peace agreement.
18 November 2021 SC/14707 This press statement condemned the Houthi seizure of the compound formerly used as the US embassy in Sana’a.
10 November 2021 SC/14697 This was a press statement on Mynamar
8 November 2021 SC/14692 On 8 November, Security Council members issued a press statement regarding the assassination attempt against Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi, in which they condemned the attack in the strongest terms and underlined the need to hold perpetrators accountable
5 November 2021 SC/14691 This was a press statement issued by the Council, where members expressed “deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia”.