Press Release

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its twenty-first session from 4 to 6 February 2013.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States as the Secretary-General of the 10-year Review Conference on the Implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Tamrat Samuel as his Deputy Special Representative (Rule of Law) for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the 2013 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in New York on 5 February:

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

On 5 February 2013, 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 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.