Security Council

On 16 November 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo considered the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (document S/2011/738), which is available on the Committee’s website: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/egroup.shtml.

On 29 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

On 23 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia updated the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban imposed by paragraph 4 (c) of resolution 1521 (2003) as renewed by paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 1579 (2004) and to the assets freeze imposed by paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1532 (2004).

On 28 December 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed the names of the six entities below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a de-listing request submitted through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.

The following Security Council statement was issued on 25 December by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

United Nations support for the interim Libyan Government, four weeks after its formation, was intensifying as the authorities sought to respond to a gradually changing public mood increasingly focused on issues that were central to the demands of the revolution, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

Demanding that the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan redeploy all remaining military and police personnel from the disputed Abyei Area “immediately and without preconditions”, the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force in that locale, known as UNISFA, for a further five months.

Reaffirming that staff retention was essential for the completion of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Security Council this morning extended the terms of office of four judges of the Trial Chamber until 30 June 2012 or sooner if their trials were completed.