Press Release

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

Sustaining defenses against new infectious diseases, a new United Nations-World Bank study says, will require a twenty-first century skill set: well-synchronized coordination among public and private sector institutions; a global network of laboratories and surveillance systems; a collaborative international outlook; clear communication with the public; and steady political commitment even as other events dominate headlines.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as delivered at the Nuclear Security Summit on “International Actions to Secure Nuclear Materials and Prevent Illicit Trafficking”, in Washington, D.C., 13 April:

The following statement was issued today in Washington, D.C., and New York by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The new United Nations Appeals Tribunal completed its first session ever 1 April. Sitting for three weeks in Geneva, the court decided 33 appeals. After translation, the judgments will be released and posted on the website maintained by the Office of Administration of Justice in the month of April.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, delivered by John Sandage, Officer-in-Charge, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Salvador, Brazil, 12 April:

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 10 April, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 10 April, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, today, 12 April 2010 listed the following individuals and entity pursuant to paragraph 8 of resolution 1844 (2008):

On 12 April 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the seven entries below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.