SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVESCORRECTIONS TO ENTRY OF ONE

INDIVIDUAL IN AL-QAIDASECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

TheAl-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 20 January 2004 approvedcorrections to the entry of one individual in the Al-Qaida section of itsconsolidated list (the information deleted from the entry of this individualappears as strikethrough text below).

50. *Name: 1: AYADI 2: SHAFIQ 3: BENMOHAMED 4: BEN MOHAMED

Security Council

4899^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL STRESS IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL APPROACH

TO RESOLVING INTERRELATED WEST AFRICA CONFLICTS

Members of the Security Council agreed this morning on the importance of a regional approach to resolving the interrelated conflicts ravaging West Africa, as they considered the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWO INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 16 January 2004 added the names of two individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

10. *Name: 1: SULAIMAN 2: JASSEM 3: SULAIMAN 4: ABO GHAITH

Security Council

4898^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

DESPITE PROGRESS IN PROTECTING CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT, GENERAL SITUATION

REMAINS ‘GRAVE AND UNACCEPTABLE’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative, UNICEF Executive Director Brief Council,

Security Council

4896^th Meeting (AM & PM))

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARMS EMBARGOES, WELCOMES

NEGOTIATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT TO TRACE SMALL ARMS

Presidential Statement, following Day-long Debate on Issue,

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWO INDIVIDUALS TO AL-QAIDA

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 16 January 2004 added the names of two individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

10. *Name: 1: SULAIMAN 2: JASSEM 3: SULAIMAN 4: ABO GHAITH

Security Council

2003 Round-up

IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA KEY ISSUES BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2003

In a year dominated by the war in Iraq, the Security Council also addressed a broad range of other threats to peace and security around the globe, including in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and others.

Security Council

4895^th Meeting (AM)

MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ‘REMAINS STALEMATED’ SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD,

IN BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIERAN PRENDERGAST

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PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):