The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
On 21 July 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2255 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
A. Individuals
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for the inauguration of the new premises of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), in Libreville today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the High-level Political Forum Side Event on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, in New York today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Nairobi, Kenya, on the evening of 17 July, for Durban, South Africa, in order to attend the AIDS2016 Conference.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Kigali, Rwanda, for Nairobi, Kenya, on 17 July for the opening of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14).
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left New York on Thursday, 14 July, for Kigali, Rwanda, where the African Union Summit was taking place, in order to meet with African leaders on the situation in South Sudan.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, to the event marking the launch of “Implementing the SDGs: Taking Stock of the Challenge and Starting to Measure Progress”, in New York on 20 July:
The 2016 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development concluded today with the adoption of a declaration that committed ministers from around the world to leaving no one behind in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Secretary-General issued a statement earlier today that detailed how Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) heralded a fundamental shift in Iran’s relationship with the 15-member body. He commended the country for implementing its nuclear-related commitments, as verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
