Press Release

The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 session of the United Nations–Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme. We are pleased to note that during the last five years, 55 awards have been made to nationals of 48 States. The deadline for submissions has been set for 15 August 2009.

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was read out today by Council President Baki İlkin ( Turkey):

The Department of Public information partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to organize an international videoconference on 2 June to mark World Environment Day, which focused on youth action for the “Seal the Deal” campaign in preparation for the Copenhagen meeting on climate change in December, and on student action to save the environment.

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

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

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia on 5 June 2009 decided to remove the name of the following individual from the list of individuals subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the travel ban list):

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations Asian and Pacific Meeting on the Question of Palestine, delivered by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in Jakarta today, 8 June:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the X Prize Global Conference, “Incentive 2 Innovate”, delivered by Amir Dossal, Director of the United Nations Office for Partnerships, in New York today, 8 June: