Security Council: Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):

On 11 September 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (delisting) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

At its fortieth meeting, on 16 August 2013, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar dated 1 May 2013 (S/2013/258), to address the following message to all parties to the armed conflict in Myanmar mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General through a public statement by its Chair:

On 6 September 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia approved the inclusion of additional information concerning Mr. Ibrahim Bah (travel ban list).

On 27 August 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following update to its implementation assistance notice:

On 4 September 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan approved the updates, as underlined below, to one existing entry on its List of Individuals Subject to the Travel Ban and Assets Freeze.

On 4 September, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated the entries specified below to its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and asset freeze.

On 4 September 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name of the entity below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a delisting request 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.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval (Argentina):