Press Release

On 18 July 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau approved the additional designation of the six individuals specified below to be subject to the measures (travel ban) imposed by paragraph 4 of resolution 2048 (2012).

On 19 July 2012, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of the one individual below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a delisting request submitted through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 18 July by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing, 19 July:

On 19 July 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) deleted the entries specified below from the Committee’s List (the 1988 List). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1988 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 19 July:

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 19 July by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce during the XXX Olympic Games held in London from 27 July to 12 August:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: