Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Romano Prodi of Italy as his Special Envoy for the Sahel. The Secretary-General looks forward to Mr. Prodi’s leadership in shaping and mobilizing an effective United Nations and international response to the complex crisis plaguing the countries and people of this region.

A photo exhibition entitled “Too Young to Wed”, commemorating the first observance of the International Day of the Girl Child (11 October), opens in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby on Thursday, 11 October, at 6 p.m.

The United Nations Department of Public Information will partner with Rutgers University Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights and the Documentation Center of Cambodia to examine the issues that led to mass murder during the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and to highlight the current efforts towards reconciliation in the country.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address to the World Forum for Democracy, organized by the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, France, 8 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the Friends of UNFPA Gala Dinner for the Health and Dignity of Women and Girls Everywhere, in New York on 4 October:

On 5 October 2012, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the name of Mr. Yasin Abdullah Ezzedine Qadi from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting request submitted by this individual through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

The following Security Council statement was issued today by Council President Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala):

The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its third and final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.