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Security Council: Press Release


SC/12433

On 5 July 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the name below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

SC/12432

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack perpetrated in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 1 July 2016, which resulted in more than 20 Bangladeshi nationals and foreigners, including development workers, killed and many injured, for which ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Da’esh) has claimed responsibility.