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SC/11965

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends One Entry on Its Sanctions List

On 10 July 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its 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 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

SG/SM/16927

Marking Fortieth Anniversary of Helsinki Final Act, Secretary-General Urges Resolve to Build More Peaceful, Prosperous Future

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, to the Informal High-level Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, in Helsinki, today:

SC/11966

Security Council Press Statement on Yemen

The members of the Security Council welcomed the Secretary-General’s announcement on 9 July and parties’ commitment to a humanitarian pause in Yemen.  The members of the Security Council welcomed President Hadi’s letter of 8 July indicating his support for a humanitarian pause and the Secretary-General’s announcement on 9 July of the commitment by the Houthis, the General People’s Congress and other parties to support a humanitarian pause.