Press Release

The following note was issued today in New York by the Middle East Quartet following informal consultations:

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

The 100-day countdown to this June’s “Rio+20” Conference started today with calls for a sharp increase in the level of ambition by Governments, businesses and civil society to reach an outcome in Rio that will effectively accelerate the move towards more sustainable solutions to many of the world’s most pressing problems.

On 7 March 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following implementation assistance notice:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a reception hosted by Japan to mark the one-year anniversary of the Great East Asia Earthquake, in New York, 8 March:

Following is a joint announcement by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser:

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

The Secretary-General has appointed Yeocheol Yoon of the Republic of Korea as Chief of Protocol.

The Secretary-General has selected Mr. Sven Alkalaj, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

The Secretary-General has selected Maged Abdelaziz of Egypt as his Special Adviser on Africa.