Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, to be observed on 19 December:

On 16 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya decided to remove the names of the following entities from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and/or assets freeze: Central Bank of Libya; Libyan Foreign Bank.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the fourth Ordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in Kampala on 15 December:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki–moon’s message on International Human Solidarity Day, observed 20 December:

After months of collecting inputs and suggestions from countries, regional groups, civil society organizations and international organizations, United Nations Member States will meet 15‑16 December to discuss the structure and format of the outcome document that will be finalized by world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development — Rio+20 — to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012.

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 15 December by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

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

The following statement was issued on 13 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

On 13 December 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries 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.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks to the Security Council meeting on Somalia in New York on 13 December: