UN SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS ON SUDAN     KUN0092 4 GEN 0193 KUWAIT /KUNA-USF4   POL-UN-SUDAN   UN SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS ON SUDAN     UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 28 (KUNA) -- THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON FRIDAY LIFTED ALL   SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON SUDAN IN 1996, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AFTER IT COMPLIED   WITH PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT IMPOSED THEM.   VOTING 14 IN FAVOUR, WITH ONE ABSTENTION, THE U.S., THE COUNCIL TOOK NOTE   OF THE STEPS TAKEN BY THE KHARTOUM GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THOSE RESOLUTIONS.   THE COUNCIL WELCOMED SUDAN'S ACCESSION TO THE RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL   CONVENTIONS FOR ELIMINATIONS OF TERRORISM, ITS RATIFICATION OF THE 1997   INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBING AND ITS   SIGNING OF THE 1999 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF FINANCING   TERRORISM.   THE COUNCIL ALSO TOOK NOTE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA,   CHAIRMAN OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT, ALGERIA, ON BEHALF OF THE ARAB LEAGUE,   GABON, ON BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN GROUP AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE AFRICAN   UNITY, SUPPORTING THE MOVE.   SUDAN WAS PUNISHED FOR FAILING TO EXTRADITE THREE MEN ACCUSED IN A PLOT TO   ASSASINATE THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT HOSNI MUBARAK DURING A VISIT TO ETHIOPIA.   (MORE)   SJ.BZ         KUNA 282007 Sep 01NNNN