WASHINGTON, JUNE 16, SPA -- SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS BAN KI-MOON HAS HAILED THE KEENNESS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ IN BRINGING ABOUT REGIONAL STABILITY AND ENHANCING THE GLOBAL PEACE. HE LAUDED THE SUPPORT EXTENDED TO THE UN AND ITS INSTITUTIONS BY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER MEMBER STATES OF THE ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC). KI-MOON, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE SAUDI PERMANENT DELEGATION AT THE UN IN HONOR OF THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US ADEL AL-JUBEIR, PRAISED THE EFFECTIVE AND DISTINGUISHED ROLE OF KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DARFUR PROBLEM, AND SAID HE HAD BEEN PLAYING A POSITIVE ROLE IN THIS RESPECT. ON HER PART, SHEIKHA HAYYA AL-KHALIFA, THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE 61ST SESSION OF THE UN'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY, EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE POSITIVE ROLE BEING PLAYED BY THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ FOR TACKLING THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE MUSLIM WORLD. MEANWHILE, THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US REITERATED THE KEENNESS OF SAUDI ARABIA IN EXTENDING SUPPORT TO THE UN AND ITS INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS ITS HUMANITARIAN, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SECURITY EFFORTS . HE LAUDED THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION OF KI-MOON TO ENHANCE THE PILLARS OF PEACE. THE LUNCHEON WAS ATTENDED BY HEADS AND MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATIONS OF THE GCC STATES TO THE UN.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/459258