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The Security Council’s work for August would include two open debates, respectively, on the cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, and on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, Permanent Representative of Argentina, María Cristina Perceval, said today at Headquarters as she assumed the 15-nation body’s presidency.

Expressing support for the long-standing United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, the Security Council this morning decided to extend the mission, established in 1964, for another six months until 31 January 2014.

Expressing deep concern over a range of security, human rights and humanitarian issues in Darfur, the Security Council this morning decided to renew the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in that vast western Sudanese region for a further 13 months, until 31 August 2014.

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire by 11 months, until 30 June 2014, deciding to reconfigure its uniformed personnel by that time and consider possible further reductions based on the evolution of security conditions on the ground.

On 29 July 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved updates to the Guidelines of the Committee for the Conduct of its Work to include the contact details for the National Contact Point of the Government of Afghanistan:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rosemary DiCarlo (United States):

Expressing support for the peace accord signed in February by 11 African nations to end years of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council this afternoon called on that strife-torn nation and neighbouring countries for full and prompt implementation of their commitments.

On 23 July 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below 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 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On the heels of a fourth attack against peacekeepers in recent months and amid a recent uptick in violence, “much more remains to be done” to end the political and ethnic hostilities in Darfur, the top United Nations-African Union official there told the Security Council today.

The Security Council today decided to renew the mandate of the group monitoring sanctions imposed on Somalia, explicitly targeting parties that obstructed justice while further easing funding and equipment restrictions on the United Nations and European Union missions in that country.