UN security council holds minute's silence for former US president Carter

The UN security council held a minute's silence on Monday in honour of the former US president Jimmy Carter. Before rising to observe the silence, the deputy US ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Camille Shea, read a statement on behalf of the council. The US will observe a national day of mourning for Carter on Thursday 9 January, the White House said in a statement. Carter lived longer than any US president and, after leaving the White House, earned a reputation as a committed humanitarian Jimmy Carter obituary ‘Peace matters’: world leaders pay tribute to ‘lifelong humanitarian’ Jimmy Carter ‘We lost a giant’: public figures pay tribute to Jimmy Carter