Press Release

The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2011 of the United Nations International School (UNIS) will take place at 3 pm on Thursday, 2 June 2011, in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Muhtar Kent, President, CEO and Director of the Coca Cola Company, will be the guest speaker. Mr. Kent is also the son of a former Turkish Consul-General and is married to a UNIS alumna.

A United Nations General Assembly-mandated Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction will meet in New York from 31 May-3 June.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony to mark International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in Jerusalem, 29 May:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the International Women Leaders’ Conference: “Women, Science and Technology”, in Haifa, Israel, on 29 May:

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

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud (France):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud (France):

On 26 May 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 26 of resolution 1904 (2009). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals: