Press Release

The Secretary-General has appointed Michel Kazatchkine as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, one of only two regions in the world where HIV is continuing to grow.

On 20 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on 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 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Parliament of Slovenia, today, 20 July, in Ljubljana.

On 18 July 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau approved the additional designation of the six individuals specified below to be subject to the measures (travel ban) imposed by paragraph 4 of resolution 2048 (2012).

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 18 July by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing, 19 July:

On 19 July 2012, 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 1988 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 19 July:

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 19 July by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce during the XXX Olympic Games held in London from 27 July to 12 August: