Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on sickle-cell anaemia, issued today, 19 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Labour Conference in Geneva today, 19 June:

The nineteenth Meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 22 to 26 June.

On 18 June 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry 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.

The following Security Council press statement on the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia was read out today by Council President Baki İlkin (Turkey):

The following press statement on Somalia was read out today by Council President Baki İlkin (Turkey):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the Twenty-Ninth Conference of European Ministers of Justice, “Breaking the Silence -- United against Domestic Violence”, in Tromsø, Norway, on 18 June:

A regional workshop on implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) will be held on 23-25 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The workshop is jointly organized by Sri Lanka and the United States, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly Informal Thematic Dialogue on Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation and New and Renewable Sources of Energy in New York today, 18 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s speech to the Foreign Policy Association, in New York, on 17 June: