“President Al Bashir [of the Sudan] will face justice. Any leader committing crimes will face justice. Power does not provide immunity”, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said today in the Security Council.

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

An exhibition marking the opening of the United Nations Conference for South-South Cooperation held in Nairobi, Kenya, 1-3 December will be launched with a reception on Tuesday, 8 December at 6:00 pm in the Visitors Lobby.

Construction of additional office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (ECA) and the United Nations Office in Nairobi -- both of which faced General Assembly scrutiny in December last year for fear of project delays -- were now on track following new arrangements to address the causes of delay, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirteenth session of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna today, 7 December:

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

The following Security Council press statement on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was read out today by Council President Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, have appointed Ibrahim Gambari of Nigeria as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur, with effect from 1 January 2010.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) in New York, today, 7 December:

On 3 December 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved this de-listing following its review of the name, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).