Security Council Press Statement on United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa
SC/10364-AFR/2226
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Hardeep Singh Puri (India):
In progress at UNHQ
Activities of Secretary-General in Japan, 7-9 August
SG/T/2803
Accompanied by his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tokyo on the afternoon of Sunday, 7 August. He travelled by bullet train directly to Fukushima, which was hard hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. Upon arrival at the train station in the evening, the Secretary-General was met by Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture.
As World Responds to Crisis in Horn of Africa — Showing Few Signs of Abating — Next One Must Be Averted, Says Secretary-General
SG/SM/13749-AFR/2227-IHA/1294
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Emergency Ministerial Meeting on the Horn of Africa, as delivered by Gwi-Yeop Son, Director of Corporate Programmes Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in Rome, 18 August:
Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Deadly Suicide Bombing in Pakistan
SG/SM/13751
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Democracy Fund to Hold Panel Discussion on Democracy and Development, 1 September
UNITAR/715
The New York Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the United Nations Democracy Fund are pleased to announce the launch of a panel on “Democracy and Development”, on 1 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This panel, intended for members of Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York, will explore the links between democracy and development and ask whether democracy is a necessary element for economic development.
Statement by Bureau of Committee on Exercise of Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People on Upsurge in Israeli Settlement Activity
GA/PAL/1209
The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People adopted the following statement today, 19 August:
Statement by Middle East Quartet
SG/2177
The following statement was issued on Saturday, 20 August, by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):
Secretary-General ‘Encouraged’ by 19 August Meeting in Myanmar between President U Thein Sein, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
SG/SM/13752
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Entry of Abdul Latif Saleh from Its List
SC/10365
On 19 August 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of Mr. Abdul Latif Saleh from its Consolidated List after concluding its consideration of the de-listing request submitted by this individual through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.
Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Mati Ur-Rehman to Its Sanctions List
SC/10366
On 22 August 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations: