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Press Release

8 February 2010

GA/PAL/1145

Urgency of Addressing Permanent Status Issues to Form Theme for International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in Malta, 12-13 February

Under the theme “The urgency of addressing the permanent status issues -- borders, Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, water”, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean will convene the International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra, Malta, on 12 and 13 February.

8 February 2010

SG/T/2713

Activities of Secretary-General in Cyprus, 31 January–2 February

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus, in the early evening of Sunday, 31 January.

8 February 2010

SG/T/2711

Activities of Secretary-General in United Kingdom, 27 January

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in London early on Thursday morning, 27 January.

8 February 2010

SG/SM/12737

Olympic Truce Based on Yearning for Peace, Stability, Says Secretary-General, Calling for Worldwide Cessation of Hostilities to Honour Winter Games

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message calling for observance of the Olympic Truce on 12 February, 2010:

8 February 2010

SG/T/2712

Activities of Secretary-General in Ethiopia, 28-30 January

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Addis Ababa, after an overnight stopover in Frankfurt, in the early evening of Friday, 28 January.

5 February 2010

SC/9858-AFG/352

Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan Conference in London

The following Security Council statement on the Secretary-General’s briefing on the London Conference on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Gérard Araud (France):

4 February 2010

PI/1924

Department of Public Information, Alliance of Civilizations to Hold 2010 Global Model UN Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28-30 July

Following the success of the 2009 inaugural Global Model United Nations Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations Department of Public Information will be organizing the second annual event in Kuala Lumpur on 28‑30 July, in partnership with the Government of Malaysia, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Commonwealth Secretariat.