Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mohammed Loulichki (Morocco):

On 19 December 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry 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.

NEW YORK, 19 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Secretary-General of the United Nations recently appointed nine new members to his Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to replace nine current ones whose terms will end on 31 December.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the inauguration of the Olympic Torch Display in New York on 18 December:

The following statement was issued on 16 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the “Share the Dream 2012” Charity Football Match by the Hong Myung-Bo Foundation, in Seoul on 16 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety, in Fukushima on 15 December:

The following statement was issued on 14 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its twentieth session from 11 to 14 December 2012. The session, which was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, was presided over by the Chairman, John F.S. Muwanga. All the other members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee — namely Adrian P. Strachan (Vice-Chairman); Vadim V. Dubinkin; J. Christopher Mihm; and Vinod Rai — were in attendance.

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, 14 December — The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States voiced support for the United Nations General Assembly’s draft resolution to declare a Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from 2014 to 2024.