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SG/SM/14342-DEV/2945

Development Cooperation at Heart of United Nations, Says Secretary-General, Hoping Review of United Nations Operational Activities Makes Constructive Contribution

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered by Navid Hanif, Director, Office of Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, at the opening of the retreat on the 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of United Nations Operational Activities for Development, in Tarrytown, New York, 8 June:
SG/A/1352-BIO/4376-PA/9

Secretary-General Appoints Jeffrey D. Feltman of United States as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Jeffrey D. Feltman of the United States as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. Mr. Feltman will replace B. Lynn Pascoe, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service to the United Nations and for his able leadership of the Department of Political Affairs during a challenging period.

SC/10669

Security Council 1988 Committee Deletes Two Entries from Its Sanctions List

On 11 June 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) deleted the entries specified below from the Committee’s List (the 1988 List). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution1988 (2011), therefore, no longer apply to the following individuals: