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13 May 2010

SG/T/2727

Activities of Secretary-General in Canada, 12 May

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday, 12 May, in the morning, for his first official visit to the country. The Secretary-General first met Michaëlle Jean, the Governor-General of Canada, at her residence, Government House. They discussed the situation in Haiti, the Millennium Development Goals, including maternal and child health, women’s empowerment, as well as the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

13 May 2010

SG/SM/12886-AFR/1975

Secretary-General Addresses General Assembly on Nigerian Leader’s Death

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly in honour of the late President Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria, today, 13 May, in New York:

13 May 2010

SG/SM/12887

Secretary-General, at Model United Nations, Urges Young People to Use Idealism, Energy, Social Networking —‘the Power of Your Voice’ — to Make a Better World

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the UNA-USA Model United Nations, in New York, 13 May:

13 May 2010

SG/SM/12885

Secretary-General Hails Canada’s ‘Special Place’ amid ‘Constellation of Actors’, as He Addresses National United Nations Association

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the United Nations Association of Canada, in Ottawa on 12 May:

12 May 2010

AFR/1974-DC/3237

United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa Adopts Convention on Small Arms Control

NEW YORK, 12 May (United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs) ‑‑ At its thirtieth Ministerial Meeting, held last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 11 member States of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) unanimously adopted the “Central African Convention on the control of small arms and light weapons, their ammunition, parts and components that can be used for their manufacture, repair or assembly”.

11 May 2010

SG/2159

Statement by Middle East Quartet

The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

11 May 2010

SC/9924

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Two Individuals to Consolidated List, Amends Entries of Two Individuals

On 11 May 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the two entries specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.