Press Release

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

The Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee has today made available on its website new Standard Forms for Listing of individuals and entities, respectively, to be used when proposing the inclusion of names on the Committee’s Consolidated List.

In accordance with the principle of monthly alphabetical rotation, the following are the Presidents of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairmen of the Military Staff Committee for 2010:

The following statement was issued on 11 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal session of the General Assembly, “Agenda 2010”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Temporary North Lawn Building in New York today, 11 January:

The following statement was issued on 9 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Year of Biodiversity (2010):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a meeting with the heads of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO-PrepCom) in New York today, 8 January:

While conflicts in Africa and the Middle East once again dominated the Security Council’s agenda in 2009, the United Nations body charged with maintaining international peace and security also advanced its work on increasingly critical thematic issues such as nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and the protection of civilians in armed conflict.