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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s introductory remarks at the World Economic Forum plenary session “Tackling Climate, Development and Growth”, in Davos, Switzerland, today:

On 23 January 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

A new multi-media exhibit on the Holocaust will open in the Visitors Lobby on Monday, 26 January 6 p.m., as part of a week-long series of Holocaust remembrance activities at the United Nations.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the meeting of Millennium Development Goal Advocates on Investing in Resilience:  New Power Paradigms and Change Agents Partnerships to Build Resilience in Vulnerable Communities, in Davos, Switzerland, today:

The United Nations will mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust this month with events around the world to help recognize the enduring legacy left by the survivors seven decades after the end of the Second World War.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World Food Programme Hunger Hero Award Ceremony: Tribute to Princess Haya, in Davos, Switzerland, today:

On 15 December, the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council asked the Secretary-General to nominate up to seven experts to form an advisory group on the review of the peacebuilding architecture.

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

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