On 6 February 2024, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 2713 (2023) concerning Al-Shabaab issued its Implementation Assistance Notice (IAN) #4: “Guidance to Member States on the application of the humanitarian exemption established by resolution 2664 (2022) to the asset freeze established under resolution 1844 (2008)”.
Following the Kosovo Central Bank’s December 2023 adoption of a regulation establishing the euro as the only currency allowed for cash transactions in the territory as of 1 February 2024, the senior United Nations official in Kosovo told the Security Council today that unilateral actions on issues that clearly fall within the political-dialogue process are cause for great concern.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana):
On 7 February 2024, the entries below on the 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 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) were amended following the 2022 Annual Review conducted in accordance with paragraphs 90 and 91 of resolution 2610 (2021).
Restraint is required to create the environment Iraq needs to consolidate hard-won stability and realize sustainable progress, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, amidst United States air strikes in Iraqi territory on 2 February and the ongoing conflict in nearby Gaza.
In a meeting called by the Russian Federation to discuss an attack on a bakery in a region in Ukraine presently under Moscow’s control, many speakers in the Security Council today noted that the tragic loss of civilian lives would have never occurred had it not been for that country invading its smaller neighbour.
On 15 January 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan was briefed by the Panel of Experts on the Sudan in connection with the Panel’s final report, which was submitted to the Committee in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2676 (2023).
In Abyei, located along South Sudan’s border with Sudan and which has been the site of violence recently, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners have been providing food and shelter materials to displaced men, women and children, despite major access and logistical challenges.
A spate of recent attacks on United States facilities and personnel in three Middle Eastern countries and Washington, D.C.’s retaliatory air strikes, alongside the ongoing Red Sea crisis, threaten to further exacerbate an already volatile regional situation, a senior United Nations official today warned the Security Council.
