On 1 April 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its List (the Libya Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze and travel ban set out in paragraphs 15 and/or 17 of Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) and/or paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):

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

On 22 March 2016, the Security Council Working Group on peacekeeping operations held an organizational meeting to discuss the provisional work plan for the year.

Partnerships held the key to implementing the world’s new vision of sustainable development and could help root out the poverty that had spawned many of today’s global crises, said speakers at the Economic and Social Council today as the organ held its annual Partnership Forum.

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

The Secretary-General is shocked by new deeply disturbing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic involving UN and non-UN personnel and local armed groups.  The High Commissioner for Human Rights says major efforts are underway to investigate the charges and care for victims.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April:

The 2016 observance of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), 2 April, at the United Nations will look ahead to 2030 and reflect on the new Sustainable Development Goals and their implications for improving the lives of people with autism.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the forty-seventh Annual Herbert H. Lehman Memorial Lecture at Lehman College, in New York today: