Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Down Syndrome Day, to be commemorated on 21 March 2012:

The following statement was issued on 19 March by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 19 March by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

Jean-Marie Guéhenno was today appointed as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria.

Following is the message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) stakeholder conference, delivered by Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, in Brussels 19 March:

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 18 March, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 17 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 16 March 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) deleted the entry 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 resolution 1988 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals and entities.

Negotiations on the outcome document for “Rio+20” resume today, with countries advancing many new proposals that will shape the direction of how the world will move the sustainable development agenda forward. Countries have submitted additional comments since the initial round of negotiations for the Rio+20 outcome document began in January.