Security Council

The Security Council this morning underlined the obligations of Member States to take steps to prevent terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria from benefiting from trade in oil, antiquities and hostages, and from receiving donations.

Expressing concern over non-compliance with sanctions it imposed to counter instability in Sudan’s Darfur region, the Security Council this morning renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the measures for an additional 13 months until 12 March 2016.

During its informal consultations on 9 February 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic (the Committee) was briefed by a representative of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) regarding efforts to assist the Central African Republic authorities in the management and storage of arms and ammunition.

On 10 February 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to 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.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):

On 5 February 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo enacted the updates, as specified with underline and strikethrough in the entries below, on the List established and maintained by the Committee with respect to individuals, entities, groups, or undertakings.

Reporting both the end of a prolonged political impasse and the eruption of violent protests in Kosovo, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning that leaders of the parties there must engage seriously in ongoing dialogue and make the hard choices required for regional stability.

The Security Council this morning urged the parties in the inter-Malian negotiation process in Algiers to resume their talks to achieve and implement a comprehensive peace agreement, while demanding that all groups cease hostilities or face possible targeted sanctions.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):

The Government of Guinea-Bissau elected last year had made great strides, but stability remained fragile in the country pending further reforms and economic development that required the sustained support of the international community, briefers told the Security Council this morning.