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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:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a reception hosted by the United Nations Foundation and the Business Council for the United Nations in honour of Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States, in New York, on 9 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a reception to honour New York as host city to the diplomatic and consular community on 9 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Ivan Simonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Rights award ceremony honouring Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, in New York on 9 September 2013:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its thirty-second session at United Nations Headquarters from 15 July to 30 August 2013. The session included two weeks of plenary meetings (12 to 16 August and 26 to 30 August 2013). Five weeks were devoted to the technical examination of submissions at the geographic information systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division.

On 27 August 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following update to its implementation assistance notice:

On 4 September 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan approved the updates, as underlined below, to one existing entry on its List of Individuals Subject to the Travel Ban and Assets Freeze.