Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the conclusion of negotiations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on a successor treaty to the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the fortieth anniversary of la Francophonie, aired in New York today, 26 March:

On 25 March 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry 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.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the MDG-3 Conference on Women’s Empowerment and Employment, in Copenhagen, 25 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to “State of the Planet 2010: Connecting Voices Globally to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change, Poverty and Economic Recovery”, in New York, 25 March:

On 25 March 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry 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.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the replenishment event for the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in the Netherlands, from 24-26 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council on the situation on the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, in New York today, 24 March:

United Nations civilian personnel continue to be arrested and detained around the world by vengeful actors in proxy fights that have nothing to do with them, Staff Union President Stephen Kisambira said on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed on 25 March.