Press Release

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene a United Nations Roundtable on Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine on 24 and 25 April at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Security Council meeting to mark the twentieth commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda, in New York today:

The new Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to the United Nations, Patricia Ann “Paddy” Torsney, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Cristián Barros Melet, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, Francisco Cortorreal, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations, Khiane Phansourivong, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations, Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the first High-level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, in Mexico City today:

On 15 April 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.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):