The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Security Council today terminated, with immediate effect, the sanctions regime on Liberia, including the arms restrictions that had remained following gradual lifting of measures as the Council deemed that progress had been made in emerging from the devastating civil conflict of past decades.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s toast at the welcome dinner at the Eleventh Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity hosted by the Minister for Unification, in Jeju, Republic of Korea, today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, from Madagascar, on Thursday morning, 12 May.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 33 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on 45 others as it continued its session.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Mexico City today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the occasion of the fifth meeting of his Scientific Advisory Board, in Trieste, Italy, on 24 and 25 May:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Antananarivo, Madagascar, from Mauritius on Tuesday afternoon, 10 May, where they were greeted by the President, Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana.
