Press Release


PI/2119

The United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2015 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize.  The Prize, newly established by the General Assembly through its resolution 68/275 of June 2014, will be presented once every five years as a tribute to the outstanding achievements and contributions of two individuals, one female and one male.

SC/11856

On 10 April 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.