Press Release

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, in New York, 30 August:

More than a decade after Member States agreed on a comprehensive programme of action aimed at eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, the United Nations this week launched international standards to provide further impetus to that work. The International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) were launched during a global meeting in New York that is examining how well States are implementing the action programme they agreed in 2001.

On 28 August 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (delisting) of the entries 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 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entries:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud (France):

The worldwide observance of the third annual International Day against Nuclear Tests will be on Wednesday, 29 August. The day highlights the efforts of the United Nations and a growing community of advocates, including Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, youth networks and media in informing and educating on the importance of the nuclear‑test ban for the achievement of a safer and more secure world.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, to be observed on 29 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the opening of the Red Cross Reunion in Washington, D.C., on 26 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as prepared for delivery by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, to the Second Review Conference on the United Nations Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, in New York, 27 August:

The Second Review Conference on the United Nations Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons opens today at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Programme of Action, which Governments adopted by consensus in 2001, contains concrete recommendations for improving national legislation and controls over illicit small arms, fostering regional cooperation and promoting international assistance and cooperation on the issue.

On 23 August 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea approved the addition of the entry specified below to the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008):