Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Nelson Mandela International Day, to be observed on 18 July:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its fifth session, in New York on 12 July:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the London Summit on Family Planning, in the United Kingdom on 11 July:

On 10 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea approved the amendments specified with underline in the entry below of the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008).

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

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided on 6 July 2012 to delist the following individual from the list of individuals subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the travel ban list) and the list of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 1 of resolution 1532 (2004) (the assets freeze list).

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations Asian and Pacific meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, delivered by Wolfgang Grieger, Director of the Division for Palestinian Rights, Department of Political Affairs, in Bangkok, 10 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations-League of Arab States General Meeting on Cooperation, delivered by Levent Bilman, Director, Policy and Mediation Division, Department of Political Affairs, in Vienna, 10 July: