Press Release

On 31 March 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Reports of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

VIENNA, 31 March — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People this afternoon concluded its first plenary session on the immediate and longer-term humanitarian needs in Gaza, and held a second such session focusing on resolving Gaza’s severe energy deficit.

VIENNA, 31 March — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, focusing on “Speeding up relief, recovery and reconstruction in post-war Gaza”, opened this morning at the headquarters in Vienna, hearing a message from the Secretary-General and statements by the senior adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas representing the State of Palestine, the Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, in Kuwait today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Economic and Social Council 2015 integration segment — Achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for all, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the General Assembly’s high-level interactive dialogue on the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” — Progress achieved and lessons learned for sustainable development, in New York today:

Beginning on Monday, 30 March, in New York and around the world, the tenth observance of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action will begin.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch a Call to Action on World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April, inviting businesses to make concrete commitments to employ persons with autism.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Awareness Day, observed on 2 April: