Security Council

On 11 January 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the name below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and 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 Report of the Ombudsperson on this delisting request.

Delays in implementing elements of Mali’s 2015 peace agreement could unravel the hard-won confidence built between the signatories to the accord, United Nations peacekeeping chief Hervé Ladsous warned today, while briefing the Security Council on the situation in that country.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

On 7 January 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following Implementation Assistance Notice no. 4.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

The protection of civilians and current tensions stemming from the situation in Syria would be among the priorities of the Security Council in January, the Permanent Representative of Uruguay, President of the 15-member body for the month, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samantha Power (United States):

The Security Council today stressed the importance of triangular consultations among the 15-nation body, the troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat to improve the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

On 22 December Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi briefed the United Nations Security Council on the work of the 1540 Committee in its task of overseeing the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004).  The Ambassador emphasized that the resolution is the keystone in the architecture of the non-proliferation regime intended to prevent non-State actors from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, and their means of delivery.  The relentless increase in extreme violence being perpetrated by terrorists is of grave concern, and we must be ever more vigilant in preventing such violence, including the potentially catastrophic use of weapons of mass destruction.