Security Council

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

On 7 January 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following Implementation Assistance Notice no. 4.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

The protection of civilians and current tensions stemming from the situation in Syria would be among the priorities of the Security Council in January, the Permanent Representative of Uruguay, President of the 15-member body for the month, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samantha Power (United States):

The Security Council today stressed the importance of triangular consultations among the 15-nation body, the troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat to improve the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

On 22 December Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi briefed the United Nations Security Council on the work of the 1540 Committee in its task of overseeing the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004).  The Ambassador emphasized that the resolution is the keystone in the architecture of the non-proliferation regime intended to prevent non-State actors from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, and their means of delivery.  The relentless increase in extreme violence being perpetrated by terrorists is of grave concern, and we must be ever more vigilant in preventing such violence, including the potentially catastrophic use of weapons of mass destruction.  

On 30 December 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its 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 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

On 14 December 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo held an exchange of views on the midterm report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2015/797) with the representatives to the United Nations of Angola (on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region), Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.