Security Council: Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

On 14 December 2018, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan held informal consultations to consider the final report of the Panel of Experts, submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2400 (2018).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

On 9 January 2019, the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) met with Hazim Al-Yousifi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and Mohammed Ali Meften, General Director of the Extradition Office — Commission of Integrity, members of delegation from the Government of Iraq visiting New York from Baghdad who raised three main issues during the meeting:  Namely, recovery of Iraqi financial assets abroad; dealing with delisting requests; and the delisting of Iraqi entities in the 1518 sanctions list.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

The Security Council remained largely paralysed by expanding rifts and mounting tensions involving its permanent members in 2018, a year characterized by the rise of nationalist movements and breaches of long-standing global norms that sparked questions about the very future of multilateralism.

On 8 January 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the following entities from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraphs 19 and 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations: