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SC/11272

Security Council 1988 Committee Amends Nine Entries on Its Sanctions List

On 11 February 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendmentsspecified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2082 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
SC/11271-AFR/2812

Security Council Sanctions Committee Concerning Central African Republic Meets with Regional States

On 6 February, at its second formal meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic held an exchange of views on the implementation of the arms embargo imposed pursuant to paragraph 54 of the resolution with the representatives to the United Nations of the Central African Republic and its neighbouring States Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Sudan.
DC/3477-AFR/2811

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa to Support Mali Workshop on Small Arms, Light Weapons, 12-14 February

Mali’s National Commission for the Fight against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa are jointly organizing a workshop in Bamako, from 12 to 14 February, for the validation of the 2014-2018 National Action Plan to combat the proliferation and illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons.