Security Council: Press Release

On 3 December 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved this de-listing following its review of the name, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).

The following Security Council press statement on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was read out today by Council President Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso):

A regional United Nations workshop on implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) will be held from 7 to 10 December in Cairo, Egypt.

On 17 November 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The following press statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army was issued today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria):

The following Security Council press statement on Somalia was read out today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting ( Austria):

The following Security Council press statement on the Afghanistan elections was read out today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria):

The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam):

The following Security Council press statement on the 25 October bombings in Baghdad was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam):

On 22 October 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the four entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the four names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).