SC/8681
31 March 2006

Al-Qaida, Taliban Sanctions Committee Provides States with Opportunity to Meet Committee Members

NEW YORK, 30 March (UN Headquarters) -- By paragraph 14 of resolution 1617 (2005), the Security Council reiterated the importance of having the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee provide States with an opportunity, at the Committee's request, to send representatives to meet with the Committee for more in-depth discussion of relevant issues.

Those delegations wishing to benefit from this opportunity are invited to submit a short outline of the relevant issue(s) they wish to discuss to the Chairman's office (Mr. Diego Malpede, e-mail: diegomalpede@hotmail.com , fax: 212-980-8395) and the Committee Secretariat (Ms. Tatiana Cosio, e-mail: cosio@un.org , fax: 212-963-1300).

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