Press Release

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

On 23 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic enacted the amendments specified with underline in the entry below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze and travel ban set out in paragraphs 5 and 8 of Security Council resolution 2262 (2016) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council at the open debate on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in New York today:

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

On 23 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individuals as subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 5 and 8 of resolution 2262 (2016):

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert of the Netherlands to lead an independent special investigation into the violence in Juba, South Sudan, in July 2016, and the response of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

On 22 August 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry 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 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):

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