PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Middle East by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Security Council members met this afternoon at the request of the Non-Aligned Movement caucus and Arab Group to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and in particular the Israeli decision in principle to expel Chairman Arafat.

Security Council

4820^th Meeting (Part II) (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON LIBYA

AFTER TERRORIST BOMBINGS OF PAN AM 103, UTA 772

Resolution 1506 Adopted by Vote of 13

In Favour, with 2 Abstentions (France, United States)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWENTY INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 9 September 2003 added the names of the following twenty individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

*Name: 1: MOHAMAD NASIR 2: ABAS 3: na 4: na

Security Council

4820^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL POSTPONES ACTION ON LIFTING LIBYA SANCTIONS UNTIL 12 SEPTEMBER

Security Council

4819^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPOINTS PROSECUTORS FOR INTERNATIONAL

TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Resolutions 1504, 1505 Adopted Unanimously

NEW NAME FOR 1267 COMMITTEE

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Members of the Security Council:

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Western Sahara by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

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Security Council

4818^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT

FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Members Stress Need for Clear Mandates, Importance of Humanitarian

Efforts, Electoral Assistance, Adequate Resources, Economic Reconstruction