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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of One Entry from Consolidated List

On 4 June 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved this de-listing following its review of the name, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following individual:
ENV/DEV/1145-OBV/887

World Environment Day’s Focus on Biodiversity Critical in Spurring Public Conservation Actions, Says Director of UN Forests Forum

The focus on biodiversity for tomorrow’s celebration of the 2010 World Environment Day can spur public action to sustain the world’s forests, says Jan McAlpine, Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat. “The theme of this year’s World Environment Day,‘Many Species. One Planet. One Future,’ crystalized the approach that the world must take in sustainably managing the world’s forests.