Press Release

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Sorensen Distinguished Lecture on the United Nations at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, 11 February:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Kim Sung-hwan (Republic of Korea):

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the United Nations Children’s Tour, in New York on 11 February:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013, which was launched at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris on 11 February:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video and radio message in commemoration of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake, released 10 February:

The following statement was issued on 9 February by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Camp Liberty, Iraq:

On 11 February 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2082 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 10 February 2013, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of the individual below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a delisting request submitted through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.