SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 2 June — The Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization had been a “lively” forum for sharing a range of views on the situations in the 16 Non-Self Governing Territories around the world, and the Special Committee on Decolonization must now undertake a self-analysis to better imagine its role in carrying out its work in the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020), the Chair of the Special Committee said today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day, to be observed on 8 June:

Demanding an immediate withdrawal of the Sudanese Government and of all military elements from the contested Abyei area, the Security Council today strongly condemned the Sudanese Government’s military seizure of the town and the resulting displacement of tens of thousands of residents, through a statement read out by Nelson Messone of Gabon, the Council’s President for June.

The following statement was issued on 4 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 5 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Top officials from the United Nations war crimes Tribunals investigating atrocities committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the Balkan wars of the 1990s today hailed the recent arrests of high-profile fugitives, but warned the Security Council that the work — and legacies — of their courts was imperilled by persistent staffing woes, challenges in enforcing sentences, and the failure to set up a trust fund for the victims.

On 2 June 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from the list of individuals established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1483 (2003). The sanctions measures set out in paragraph 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 6 June:

It was critical for the parties in both North and South Sudan to reach accord on all outstanding issues under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement before the South declared independence on 9 July, the Security Council heard today, as the leaders of its recent mission to Africa briefed members on the visit.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the global impact of HIV/AIDS on peace and security, in New York, today, 7 June: