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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for January

The Security Council would focus in January on comprehensive strategies to stamp out global terrorism and bolster the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency for the month, said today.

Press Conference on Ending of South Africa’s Two-year Security Council Tenure

During its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, South Africa had helped to bolster international peace and security — on the African continent in particular — while advocating for a stronger, more coordinated relationship between the Council and the African Union, the country’s Permanent Representative said at a Headquarters press conference today.
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Security Council 1988 Committee Amends One Entry on Its Sanctions List

On 28 December 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendment specified with underline in the entry below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2082 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.