Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message delivered today to the fifty-seventh Congress of Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises Mondiales, taking place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, 23-30 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General Sikander Afzal (Pakistan) as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia.

United Nations Day will be observed this year at Headquarters with a concert to be held this evening, Friday 23 October, in the General Assembly Hall, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Headquarters special event: “Giving Voice to Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking”, today, 22 October:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to European Development Days, Stockholm, today, 22 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the African Union Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, in Kampala today, 22 October:

On 22 October 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the four entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the four names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).

The following Security Council press statement on the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, and the repatriation of Kuwaiti property, was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam):

The world premiere of the Walt Disney animated film, "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure", will take place on Sunday, 25 October, at 3 p.m., in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. Prior to the screening, Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, will name Tinker Bell the “Honorary Ambassador of Green” to help promote environmental awareness among children.