Press Release

Following are the remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro delivered to the Second Metropolis Women International Network Forum “Dynamic Cities Need Women: Visions and Challenges for a Women-Friendly City”, in Seoul today:

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

On 22 October 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the four entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the four names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the African Union Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, in Kampala today, 22 October:

The following Security Council press statement on the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, and the repatriation of Kuwaiti property, was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam):

With just over a month left before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, countries will discuss one of the linchpin issues for a new climate deal -- the transfer of technology -- at a two-day meeting in New Delhi from 22 to 23 October.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to European Development Days, Stockholm, today, 22 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Headquarters special event: “Giving Voice to Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking”, today, 22 October:

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 20 October at the unveiling at United Nations Headquarters of an Olympic Truce Sculpture (following the General Assembly resolution calling for a truce during the Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, next year):

The following Security Council press statement on the terrorist attack in Iran was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam):