Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly following the adoption of the programme budget for 2012-2013 in New York on 24 December:

The following statement was issued on 25 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following Security Council statement was issued on 25 December by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

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

On 28 December 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the names of the six entities below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a de-listing request submitted 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.

The following statement was issued on 28 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 29 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

On 23 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia updated the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban imposed by paragraph 4 (c) of resolution 1521 (2003) as renewed by paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 1579 (2004) and to the assets freeze imposed by paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1532 (2004).

The following statement was issued on 30 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 16 November 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo considered the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (document S/2011/738), which is available on the Committee’s website: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/egroup.shtml.