Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan):

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the ceremony celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Croatia’s membership in the United Nations, in Zagreb, 25 May:

On 25 May 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on Tuesday, 29 May. This marks the fourth year in a row the United Nations will honour more than 100 blue helmets who lost their lives the previous year while serving the cause of peace. This sombre milestone is a stark reminder of the risks incurred by individuals who put their lives on the line when they deploy to United Nations missions around the world.

The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2012 of the United Nations International School (UNIS) will take place at 4 pm on Thursday, 31 May 2012, in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Susan Rice, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will be the guest speaker.

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its regional Pacific seminar on decolonization in Quito, Ecuador, from 30 May to 1 June.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks at the Panel Discussion on Public-Private Partnerships in Education: An Evidence-Based Approach, in New York, 25 May:

NEW YORK, 25 May, Office for Disarmament Affairs — through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provided a set of small arms destruction equipment to Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada and trained national officers on the use of the equipment.

NEW YORK, 25 May, Office for Disarmament Affairs — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) this month provided a set of small arms destruction equipment to Trinidad and Tobago, and trained national officers on the use of the equipment.