Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, in New York on 15 January:

On 15 January 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) deleted the entries specified below from the Committee’s List (the 1988 List). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2082 (2012) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:

Following are the remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the ceremony to hand over the chairmanship of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China, in New York on 15 January:

At least 26 United Nations personnel — 9 civilians and 17 peacekeepers, 2 of them police officers — were killed in the line of duty during 2012, the United Nations Staff Union said today. One consultant and four helicopter crew members working for the Organization also lost their lives.

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a New Year’s Concert of the 67th session of the General Assembly, as prepared for delivery, today in New York:

As it faced a second year of tumultuous change around the Arab world in 2012 — including ever-worsening bloodshed in Syria and steady but difficult transitions in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere — the Security Council was seized of new crises building in Mali and Gaza, but also saw long-term stabilization efforts come to fruition, most notably the successful conclusion of United Nations peacekeeping operations in Timor-Leste and the political transition in Somalia.

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

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the third session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) assembly, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Abu Dhabi, 13 January:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Sina Weibo award ceremony in Beijing on 14 January:

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