Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rauf Engin Soysal of Turkey as Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan.

On 24 September 2010, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea updated the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008).

A regional United Nations workshop on implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) will be held from 28 September to 1 October 2010 in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the ministerial meeting on Security Council resolution 1325: A Call to Action, at Headquarters today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, today launched a United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security, an important new mechanism to enhance strategic cooperation between the two organizations in preventing and resolving conflicts.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the closing session of the high-level review meeting on the Mauritius Strategy for small island developing States, in New York today, 25 September:

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the reception held by La Francophonie in New York today, 24 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the United Nations-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Ministerial Meeting, in New York, today, 24 September:

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Meeting on Sudan, in New York, today, 24 September: