Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):

On 11 September 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (delisting) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

At its fortieth meeting, on 16 August 2013, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar dated 1 May 2013 (S/2013/258), to address the following message to all parties to the armed conflict in Myanmar mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General through a public statement by its Chair:

On 6 September 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia approved the inclusion of additional information concerning Mr. Ibrahim Bah (travel ban list).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the General Assembly informal interactive dialogue on “The Responsibility to Protect: State Responsibility and Prevention”, in New York on 11 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the press conference to launch “A Million Voices: The World We Want”, in New York, on 10 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to participants in the 2013 Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme, in New York, on 10 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, to be observed on 12 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the General Assembly thematic debate on “The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in the International Financial System”, in New York, on 10 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a working breakfast hosted by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain on “Water and Cooperation: Spain’s Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals”, in New York, on 10 September: