72Thus, in the instant case, in the light of the initial objective pursued by the restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo, namely, in essence, to create a climate conducive to the holding of elections and to bring an end to all human rights violations (see paragraph 7 above), the Council was required, during the periodic review of the restrictive measures imposed on the applicant, to disclose to him, as the case may be, the new evidence which it had relied on in order to update the information concerning not only his personal situation, but also the political and security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.