Expressing concern over what it called grave threats to security in Burundi as elections approached, the Security Council this afternoon called for the urgent holding of inclusive dialogue between parties there to create the conditions — and determine an appropriate schedule — for peaceful and credible polls.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):
On 26 June 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with underline in the entry below on 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 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), along with the authorization of French Forces that support it, until 30 June 2016.
The work of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2014 had confirmed its potential as a platform for leveraging the political weight of its members in support of peace consolidation, which should be further utilized, the Security Council heard today.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):
On 19 June 2015, at its second formal meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan held an exchange of views on the implementation of the sanctions measures in pursuance of paragraph 16(g) of the resolution and paragraph 3(b) of the Committee’s Guidelines with the representatives to the United Nations of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda.
Without positive efforts by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to move peace negotiations forward, tensions and violence in the region could only worsen, the top United Nations political official told the Security Council this afternoon.
As the P5+1 and Iran continued negotiations on a comprehensive agreement relating to that country’s nuclear programme, the measures imposed by the Security Council through resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1929 (2010) remained in full effect, the Chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee told the 15-member body today, underlining the obligation of States to implement them.
