Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event on the Olympic Truce and Sport for Social Change, in London 27 July:

On 26 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry 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 entry:

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 message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, to be observed on 9 August:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Toby Lanzer of the United Kingdom as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

NEW YORK, 26 July (United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its thirtieth session from 30 July to 24 August 2012.

On 25 July 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following implementation assistance notice:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as prepared for delivery to the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo today, 25 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as prepared for delivery to the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Skopje today, 25 July:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):