Press Release

On 14 August 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries 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 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 13 August 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries 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 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, observed on 22 August:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed on 21 August:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

On Monday night, 27 July, the Secretary-General arrived in Cyprus to express his commitment to support for Cypriot communities in the search for a comprehensive and sustainable settlement of the Cyprus issue.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on World Humanitarian Day, observed on 19 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial on the eighty-first anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, in Nagasaki, Japan, today:

The Secretary-General arrived in Damascus, Syria, on the morning of Saturday, 25 July.

The Secretary-General arrived in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday, 26 July.