Press Release

On 9 September 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from its Consolidated List. 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 individual:

The new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Joseph E. Goddard, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, Csaba Kőrösi, presented his credentials today to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Representatives of Governments, international organizations, the Internet community, the private sector, civil society, and the media will convene from 14 to 17 September 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the fifth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). More than 1,200 people from 115 countries have already registered for attending the meeting. Many more will be actively taking part in the Forum’s discussions and workshops via remote participation.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the World Investment Forum in Xiamen, China, 7 September (recorded on 27 August):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Africa Consultative Forum on the Millennium Development Goals, delivered by Jeffrey Sachs, Senior Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals, in Kigali, 4 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s speech to the European Forum on The International Financial Crisis and the Millennium Development Goals, in Alpbach, 4 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Democracy, observed 15 September:

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