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SC/10077

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Two Individuals to Its Consolidated List

On 3 November 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the two entries specified 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 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Note No. 6283

‘Count Me In’ Campaign for Kenyan Census to Receive UN Public Relations Award

A media relations campaign aimed at encouraging Kenyans to participate in the country’s 2009 population census has been chosen for the 2010 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations. The award will be presented by the Director of the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe at a ceremony on Friday, 5 November, at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London, as part of the International Public Relations Association's 2010 Golden World Awards.
Note No. 6282

Secretary-General to Receive Findings on Climate Change Financing from Co-Chairs of High-Level Advisory Group at Headquarters, 5 November

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will host a press conference on 5 November to receive the final report of his High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing from the Co-chairs, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway. The event is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium at United Nations Headquarters in New York.