Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Parliament of Uruguay in Montevideo on 15 June:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly informal civil society interactive hearing on non-communicable diseases, in New York today, 16 June:

On 14 June 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of Mr. Tarek Ben Al-Bechir Ben Amara Al‑Charaabi from its Consolidated 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.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, to the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Astana, 15 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, during his visit to Punta Rieles Penitentiary Centre in Montevideo today, 15 June:

On 14 June 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of Mr. Safet Ekrem Durguti from its Consolidated 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 statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the World Day to Combat Desertification, observed on 17 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the National School for Peacekeeping Operations, in Montevideo, 15 June:

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