SC/7865
5 September 2003

NEW NAME FOR 1267 COMMITTEE

 

NEW YORK, 4 September (UN Headquarters) -- On 2 September 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) agreed to revise its name in order to clarify the identity and mandate of the Committee.  Consequently, the formal name of the Committee will hereafter be:  “The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities”.  The Committee further agreed that it could also be referred to in shortened form as:  “Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee”.

 

 

 

 

 

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