Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

On 17 October 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the name of Mr. Shafiq ben Mohamed ben Mohamed Al-Ayadi from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the de-listing request submitted by this individual through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.

These are the remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro in Bangkok on 14 October to the Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific:

These are the remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok on 13 October:

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs will organize a special event entitled “Transparency in the Global Arms Trade” at United Nations Headquarters on 18 October, accompanying the launch of a new, ground-breaking Web feature offering unprecedented insight into the global reported arms trade.

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

These are the remarks, as prepared for delivery, of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a panel discussion in New York today after a screening of the film, The Whistleblower:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the 2011 Humanitarian of the Year Gala Dinner, delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York on 13 October:

Following is a joint statement issued by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Governments of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States in New York, today, 14 October:

A multimedia exhibition by artists and photographers representing the African diaspora will open in the North East Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at United Nations Headquarters at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 October.