Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks during his visit with the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA), in New York today:
As serious fighting continued among warring armed groups in Mali, resulting in heavy casualties among both civilians and peacekeepers alike, the strife-torn nation’s ongoing peace talks had reached a crucial stage and must move forward, the head of United Nations peacekeeping told the Security Council this afternoon.
The Secretary-General will travel to India later this week, where he plans to deliver a keynote speech at the Inaugural Session of the seventh Vibrant Gujarat Summit. He will stress to world leaders, policymakers, and business and academia representatives the need for inclusive and sustainable development in India and globally.
Building strong foundations intertwining development and security underpinned a range of issues on the Security Council’s schedule for January, the Permanent Representative of Chile, whose delegation holds the 15-member body’s presidency for the month, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday. Along with the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, Dr. David Nabarro, Mr. Ahmed will visit Liberia and Sierra Leone this week, after which he will then travel to Guinea.
On 2 January 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the names below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for these names submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Reports of the Ombudsperson on these delisting requests.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
On 31 December 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic removed the name below from its sanctions list after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name.
