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Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to Be Held in Salvador, Brazil, 12-19 April

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Marking the fifty-fifth anniversary of such meetings, the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will be held in Salvador, Brazil, from 12-19 April 2010 under the theme “Comprehensive strategies for global challenges: crime prevention and criminal justice systems and their development in a changing world”.

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Amendments to Seven Entries on Consolidated List

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On 12 April 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the seven entries 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 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Ad Hoc Committee Negotiating Comprehensive Anti-Terrorism Convention Opens One-Week Headquarters Session

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Members of the General Assembly committee negotiating a comprehensive anti-terrorism convention expressed hope this morning that remaining obstacles to completing the long-stalled draft text could be overcome during the Committee’s fourteenth session, which opened today.