SC/7669
24 February 2003

Security Council Committee Adds Name of An Entity and An Individual to Its List

NEW YORK, 21 February (UN Headquarters) -- The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 20 February 2003 the following entity and individual to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Lajnat Al Daawa Al Islamiya (LDI)

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (a.k.a. Gulabudin Hekmatyar; Golboddin Hikmetyar; Gulbuddin Khekmatiyar; Gulbuddin Hikmatiar; Gulbuddin Hekhmartyar; Gulbudin Hekmetyar); DOB: August 1, 1949; POB: Konduz Province, Afghanistan

The list is updated regularly, on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and regional organizations. An updated list is accessible at the Committee's website:

http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1267/1267ListEng.htm.

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