Press Release

The following statement was issued on 30 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 29 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

With the political situation throughout North Africa and the Middle East in flux after months of anti-Government protests, the dismal reality of climate change playing out across South-east Asia and the Horn of Africa, and the world’s major economic engines still mired in recession, the General Assembly opened its sixty-sixth session with a busy agenda reflecting many of the year’s most vital international issues.

On 28 December 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the names of the six 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.

The following statement was issued on 28 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly following the adoption of the programme budget for 2012-2013 in New York on 24 December:

The following statement was issued on 26 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 25 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

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

The following Security Council statement was issued on 25 December by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):