Security Council: Press Release

On 29 February 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entries 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 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

A seminar for African parliamentarians on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 22-23 February.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):

On 23 February 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entries below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):

On 12 February 2016, at its third formal meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan held an exchange of views on the implementation of the sanctions measures in pursuance of paragraph 16(g) of the resolution and paragraph 3(b) of the Committee’s Guidelines with the representatives to the United Nations of South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):

On 11 February 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253(2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):