Press Release

On 29 June 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the three entries specified 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 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the G-8 informal regional meeting on Afghanistan, in Trieste, today, 26 June:

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

Following is the text of the statement issued today in Trieste, Italy, by the Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, Gary Quinlan, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations, Kodjo Menan, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, in New York today, 24 June:

United Nations Member States opened a meeting today in response to the worst global economic setback since the Great Depression, seeking consensus agreement on the nature of the crisis and how to minimize its impact on development and poverty eradication. The preliminary draft agreement concludes with recommendations on fighting the recession and on establishing safer and fairer financial practices.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Day of Cooperatives, to be observed on 4 July: