Security Council: Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

On 4 October 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry 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 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 4 October 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved the addition of the three entries specified below to the Committee’s List (the 1988 Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1988 (2011).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

Today, the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia has launched its official website at www.thecgpcs.org. The Contact Group, established 14 January 2009 pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolution 1851 (2008), is a voluntary, ad hoc international forum of approximately 70 countries, organizations and industry groups with a common interest in combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, and bringing to justice pirates and their financiers and facilitators.

Following the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2009 (2011), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has made available on its website the updated list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban and/or asset freeze, at the following URL: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1970.

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 24 September by Council President Nawaf Salam (Lebanon):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nawaf Salam ( Lebanon):

On 19 August 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) on Iran revised its guidelines for the conduct of its work in order to incorporate the relevant provisions of resolution 1929 (2010).

On 14 September 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the two 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 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.