Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Press Release

SC/9996

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Eight Entries from Consolidated List

On 27 July 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the eight entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following entities:
ORG/1533

Independent Audit Advisory Committee Ends Session, Having Discussed Coordination among Oversight Bodies, Implementation of Board of Auditor’s Recommendations

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its eleventh session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 21 to 23 July. The session was presided over by the Chairman, David M. Walker, and attended by all the Committee members, Vijayendra N. Kaul (Vice-Chairman), Vadim V. Dubinkin, John F.S. Muwanga and Adrian P. Strachan.
SC/9993

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Substantially Reviews and Revises Its Guidelines

On 22 July 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee adopted revised Guidelines for the Conduct of its Work. The Guidelines were revised in compliance with paragraph 35 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), which directed the Committee, “as a matter of priority, to review its guidelines with respect to the provisions of [that] resolution…”.