A draft resolution concerning the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was introduced today in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) by the representative of Argentina, on behalf of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China.

In a resumed organizational session today, the Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in three of its subsidiary bodies, electing members by secret ballot and by acclamation. Voting by secret ballot, the Council elected Iran to a four-year term on the Commission on Population and Development, beginning today and expiring at the close of that body’s forty-eighth session in 2015.

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal awards ceremony today, for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in New York, to be observed on 29 May:

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks in New York today at the wreath-laying ceremony in honour of fallen peacekeepers for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

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

On 26 May 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 26 of resolution 1904 (2009). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks yesterday in New York at the opening of an exhibition for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

Concluding its tenth anniversary session today with the adoption of a draft report on that session, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues looked to its future work, welcoming the opportunity and full responsibility in playing a central role in preparations for the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and underlining the need for the equal, direct and meaningful participation of indigenous communities during all stages of that landmark meeting.