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SC/11847

On 31 March 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Reports of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

DSG/SM/855-GA/11631-ENV/DEV/1500

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the General Assembly’s high-level interactive dialogue on the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” — Progress achieved and lessons learned for sustainable development, in New York today: