SG/SM/15710
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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Press Release
SG/SM/15709
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the 130th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), taking place in Geneva from 16 to 20 March:
SC/11321-AFR/2839
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg):
AFR/2838-DC/3482
The Government of Gabon and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will host a workshop in Libreville 20-21 March to help French-speaking States in preparing their initial reports pursuant to Security Council resolutions concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors.
SG/A/1456-UNEP/330
Following the recommendation of the Secretary-General, the General Assembly extended for two years the appointment of Achim Steiner as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), beginning on 15 June 2014. Nominated by the Secretary-General, Mr. Steiner was first elected to a four-year term in 2006, winning re-election in 2010.
SC/11318
On 14 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name of the individual below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
SC/11317
On 14 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry 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:
BIO/4572
The new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, Harald Braun, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
BIO/4571
The new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Sabri Boukadoum, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
BIO/4570
The new Permanent Representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations, Vasile Andonoski, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.