Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards and Exhibit, “Share the Moment, Share the Future”, 22 August, in New York:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the opening ceremony of the Conference of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP), in Lexington, Kentucky, 21 August:

The new Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, Othman Jerandi, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations, Albert Chua, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, Héctor Virgilio Alcántara, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 20 August, by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

On 22 August 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to 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:

On 19 August 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of Mr. Abdul Latif Saleh from its Consolidated 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.