Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

On 26 June 2014, the Security Council’s Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee approved the addition of Ansaru and Abubakar Mohammed Shekau to its list of individuals and entities subject to the targeted financial sanctions and the arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, on 1 and 2 July, under the theme “Fostering Active International Solidarity with the Palestinians: Solidifying the Economic Underpinnings of an Independent State”.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women event to launch Beijing+20, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the United Nations House in Equatorial Guinea, in Malabo today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to “Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death”, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Day of the Seafarer, to be observed on 25 June:

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 remarks at the official opening of the United Nations House in Namibia, in Windhoek today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June: