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Security Council: Press Release


SC/12142-AFR/3276-PKO/543

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

SC/12141

At its seventh formal meeting on 23 November 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan met with representatives to the United Nations of the Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan, with the aim of further strengthening the dialogue between the Committee and the invited delegations, particularly on the challenges faced by the region in achieving full implementation of the measures — arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze — set out in the same resolution in relation to Darfur.

SC/12134-DC/3593

On 20 November a two-day conference ended in Wiesbaden, Germany, that engaged representatives of various sectors of industry from around the world, along with Government regulators, to consult on ways to enhance the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).  Industry has a vital role to play, particularly in supporting the implementation of strategic trade controls and the physical protection of materials that might be diverted for use in the illicit development and production of such weapons and their delivery means.