The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its annual regional decolonization seminar in Saint Kitts and Nevis from 12 to 14 May. It will be the last Caribbean seminar conducted in the framework of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010).

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

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

Petri Kristian Cozma, a student at the Helsinki School of Economics, was elected as the first General Assembly President of the Global Model United Nations Conference. Mr. Cozma and eight other university students will attend a workshop, organized by the Department of Public Information, at United Nations Headquarters from 17 to 19 June, to be trained in their roles as General Assembly officials for the Conference.

On Monday, 22 June, the 15 judges who are to serve on the new United Nations Dispute Tribunal and Appeals Tribunal all participated in a swearing-in ceremony in the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The tribunals are part of a comprehensive reform of the Organization’s internal justice system, dealing with work-related disputes and disciplinary matters, due to begin on 1 July 2009.

Following are Secretary-General’s remarks to the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, in Geneva on 6 July:

On 17 July 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries 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 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a round table with Heads of State and chief executive officers (CEOs) attending Telecom World 2009, in Geneva, 6 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twenty-sixth General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, in Copenhagen today, 19 October: