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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller of Jamaica.

International experts will begin inspecting Syria's chemical arsenal by Tuesday under a plan set to be approved by the world's top chemical weapons monitoring group.

On Thursday, United Nations diplomats moved closer to adopting their first resolution on Syria after the United States and Russia reached agreement on how Damascus will turn over its chemical weapons arsenal to international supervision.

Senior United Nations officials called on Member States to take renewed steps to rid the world of nuclear weapons, during what was the first high-level meeting ever held by the General Assembly devoted to this issue.

The killing of 10 civilians including three health workers this week in Geti in the Ituri district of Orientale province is unacceptable and unjustifiable.

Representatives from some 90 Member States, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations system came together to pledge support for the first ever World Humanitarian Summit, planned for 2016. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the Summit will be held in Istanbul and asked countries to help map out a humanitarian agenda for the future that is more effective and inclusive, and which addresses the significant challenges facing the world.

Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda.

Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council (European Union).

Medical officials in Sudan say at least 27 people died in protests that broke out after the Khartoum government decided to cut fuel subsidies.

Forensic experts from Kenya and abroad have been scouring through the wreckage of Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, where the death toll from a four-day terrorist siege is expected to climb as more bodies are found.