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June 20
The Security Council is briefed on Sudan, followed by consultations on Sudan and on the Sudan Sanctions Committee.
World Refugee Day
June 21
The General Assembly will consider the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, Chief of the Policy Development and Studies Branch of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), speaks at a Brookings Institution event titled, To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments, at 9 a.m.
The Security Council is briefed on Somalia and piracy. It is also briefed by the United Nations Office to African Union (UNOAU.)
The "Sustainable Sanitation: 5 Year Drive to 2015" is launched. The event will be attended by the UN Secretary-General, the Prince of Orange, UNICEF Executive Director and Ugandan Minister of Water.
June 22
The Security Council holds consultations on Iraq and Kuwait, followed by consultations on the Working Group on Peace Keeping Operations.
June 23
The Security Council is briefed on the Middle East, followed by consultations on the Middle East and on United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF.)
The Security Council is briefed on the 1737 Committee, followed by consultations on the Liberia Sanctions Committee.
The World Drug Report 2011 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the global production, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs is launched in the presence of the president of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General at UN headquarters.
United Nations Public Service Day
International Widow's Day. It is the first year this day is observed.
June 24
The Security Council is briefed by United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC.)
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Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka
Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone: Summary for Decision Makers
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Labour Market Briefing: Gaza Strip Second-Half 2010
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June 9, 2011 - Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Kadugli, the capital of Southern Kordofan State, have sought refuge in an area secured by the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), outside Kadugli. UN Photo/Paul Banks
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Sudan: UN condemns harassment of its peacekeepers in Southern Kordofan The United Nations has strongly condemned the detention and abuse by the Sudanese armed forces of four UN peacekeepers who were on patrol in Kadugli, the main town in Southern Kordofan, where fighting is raging between the northern and southern armies.  | |
June 16, 2011 - Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the UN, briefs correspondents on the situation in Sudan, particularly in South Kordofan State where violence has been reported, ahead of the Security Council's meeting on the matter Monday. Mr. Araud also remarked on the situation in Syria. UN Photo/Mark Garten
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The harassment of the peacekeepers was blamed on members of the northern army known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters in New York on June 17. "The Sudanese Armed Forces, the [southern] Sudan People's Liberation Army [SPLA] and other armed groups must immediately stop intimidating and harassing UN staff, who are critical to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to the vulnerable populations," said Mr. Nesirky. He said security and the humanitarian situation in Southern Kordofan remained of very serious concern amid intermittent fighting, shelling and military build-up in various areas of the state. Read more Related Headlines Secretary-General statement on the agreement on Abyei, Sudan Ban urges immediate end to hostilities in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state Sudan: UN peacekeepers provide medical treatment to prisoners in Malakal UN food aid agency helps thousands of Sudanese fleeing fighting
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Security Council votes to separate Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions lists
The Security Council has voted unanimously to split sanctions it has imposed on Al-Qaida and those against the Taliban, creating two lists of
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June 17, 2011 - A wide view of the Security Council as members unanimously adopt resolution 1989 (2011), during a meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. At the same meeting the Council also adopted resolution 1988 (2011). UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
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individuals and organizations so that they can be treated separately under efforts to fight terrorism.
In two resolutions on June 17, the Council decided that the Al-Qaida sanctions list will include only names of "those individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida."
Individuals and groups associated with the Taliban will be governed by a separate sanctions list and a Council committee will determine future requests for additions, updates or removals.
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Citing reports of abuses, UN human rights office urges probe into Syria
The United Nations human rights office has called for a thorough probe into the allegations of widespread abuses committed by Syrian authorities during their violent crackdown against protesters, including the excessive use of force against civilians, arbitrary detentions and torture.  | |
Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui (center), Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), speaks at the Human Rights Council's special session in late April on continued violent crackdowns on anti-government protesters in Syria. UN Photo/Pierre Albouy
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"The most egregious reports concern the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians, including from snipers positioned on rooftops of public buildings, and the deployment of tanks in areas densely populated by civilians," states a preliminary report prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) that was released on June 15. "As of mid-June, the number of those killed during such incidents is believed to have exceeded 1,100 persons, many of them unarmed civilians; among them were women and children," it added. Syrian authorities have been widely criticized for their bloody repression of the protests, which are part of a broader uprising this year across North Africa and the Middle East that has already toppled the long-standing regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and led to ongoing conflict in Libya. Read more
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UN rights body adopts resolution against violence based on sexual orientation
The United Nations Human Rights Council has expressed grave concern at the violence and discrimination experienced by people because of their
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June 17, 2011 - A view of the press officers' area during the 17th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
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sexual orientation or gender identity and called for a global study to document the suffering they face.
In a resolution adopted narrowly in Geneva on June 17, the Council asked the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to carry out a study by December that details "discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, in all regions of the world."
The resolution calls on the study to also consider "how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity."
Twenty-three countries voted in favor of the resolution, 19 countries voted against, and three others abstained.
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UN food aid reaches half a million conflict-affected Libyans
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered vital food assistance to more than 500,000 people affected by the ongoing fighting between the government and rebels in Libya, even as concerns
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June 15, 2011 - Shahd & her grandpa receive WFP food aid in Benghazi, Libya. WFP Photo
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continue to grow about access to food inside the country.
The price of many food commodities has more than doubled in areas heavily affected by fighting, the agency noted in a news release.
Even before the fighting that erupted several months ago between government forces and rebel groups seeking the ouster of Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya was a food deficit country heavily reliant on imports. Its public food distribution system is currently under stress as food stocks are being consumed without replenishment.
Since it began to move food supplies into Libya in early March soon after the conflict began, WFP distributed aid to more than 270,000 people in eastern Libya, 136,000 people in western Libya (mainly in the Nafusa Mountain area), and an additional 125,000 people in the city of Misrata.
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Week in Review
Secretary-General Addresses U.S. Mayors Conference
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UNPOL and Timor Police Patrol Comoro by Night
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June 14, 2011 - UN Police (UNPOL) officers and officers of the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) are shown on a joint night patrol in Comoro, a sub-district of Dili, Timor-Leste. UN Photo/Martine Perret
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