Press Release

The following statement was issued on 19 February by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 17 February 2012, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee decided to remove the names of the one individual and seventeen entities below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a de-listing request submitted through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twelfth special session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, delivered by Assistant Secretary General Amina Mohammed, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP, in Nairobi, 20 February:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the impact of transnational organized crime on peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel, in New York on 21 February:

Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace, disarmament activist and internationally famed actor and producer has given his time to help promote a world free of nuclear weapons by producing a public service announcement to promote an international art contest for young people.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the workshop on system-wide evaluation of United Nations operational activities for development, in New York on 17 February:

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

Following are the remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fifteenth anniversary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), delivered in Vienna, 17 February:

On 17 February 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea added one individual to 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).