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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes Two Entries from Its Sanctions List

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On 31 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the names of the individuals below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. Therefore, the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) no longer apply to the names set out below.

Member States Consider Need for International Treaty to Protect Marine Biodiversity of Global Commons, at 1-4 April Headquarters Meeting

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Member States have begun a series of meetings at United Nations Headquarters to discuss the need for an international instrument that would regulate the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions.

Secretary-General Hails Pacific Island Leadership on Energy Transition, Urges States to Deliver Legally-Binding Global Climate Agreement

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message at the Pacific launch of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All, as delivered by Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, in Fiji today: