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25 May 2012

SG/SM/14311

Lauding Croatia’s 20 Years of UN Membership, Secretary-General Says Where Once It Hosted Five Peacekeeping Operations, It Now Built Proud Record of Public Service

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the ceremony celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Croatia’s membership in the United Nations, in Zagreb, 25 May:

25 May 2012

GA/COL/3232

Special Committee on Decolonization to Convene Regional Seminar on Eradicating Colonialism, in Quito, Ecuador, 30 May-1 June

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its regional Pacific seminar on decolonization in Quito, Ecuador, from 30 May to 1 June.

25 May 2012

SC/10657

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends One Entry on Its Sanctions List

On 25 May 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry 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.

25 May 2012

DC/3354

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Provides Small Arms Destruction Equipment to Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada

NEW YORK, 25 May, Office for Disarmament Affairs — through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provided a set of small arms destruction equipment to Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada and trained national officers on the use of the equipment.

24 May 2012

DC/3352

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Provides Small Arms Destruction Equipment to Jamaica

In May 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provided a set of small arms destruction equipment to Jamaica and trained national officers on the use of the equipment. These activities aim to strengthen the capacity of Jamaica to combat the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons nationally, as well as in the Caribbean region.

24 May 2012

SG/SM/14310-AFR/2395

Secretary-General Welcomes Announcement by Sudan, South Sudan to Resume Talks Next Week in Addis Ababa under Auspices of African Union

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

24 May 2012

DSG/SM/617-AFR/2394

Deputy Secretary-General Tells African Ambassadors ‘Africa’s Positive Engagement in Rio Will Make It a Success, and Success in Rio Will Be Success for Africa’

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the African Ambassadors’ Group on “Building on Africa’s Recent Progress”, in Washington, D.C., 23 May:

24 May 2012

GA/PAL/1231

United Nations International Meeting on Question of Palestine to Consider Role of Youth and Women in Peaceful Resolution, Paris 30–31 May

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine on 30 and 31 May at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, in Paris. The theme of the Meeting is “The role of youth and women in the peaceful resolution of the question of Palestine”.