Press Release

Following is the statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in Bern, 17 October:

This is the text of the message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to the Committee on World Food Security, in Rome, delivered by David Nabarro, Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition:

On 17 October 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the name of Mr. Shafiq ben Mohamed ben Mohamed Al-Ayadi from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the de-listing request submitted by this individual 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 Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

These are the remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro in Bangkok on 14 October to the Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific:

Following is the full text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Tenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, today, 17 October, in Changwon, Republic of Korea:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day, 24 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the 2011 Humanitarian of the Year Gala Dinner, delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York on 13 October: