Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, is tasked, amongst other with overseeing the implementation of the sanctions measures and the designation of individuals and entities who meet the listing criteria set out in the relevant resolutions. It is also tasked with considering requests for exemptions from the sanctions measures and requests to remove a name from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List
The criteria for adding a name to the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List is set out in paragraphs 2 to 4 of resolution 2368 (2017).
States are required to impose the measures upon Al-Qaida or ISIL (Da’esh) and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them[1]. The criteria are:
- Participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of these groups;
- Supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to these groups;
- Recruiting for; or otherwise supporting acts or activities of Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof;
The means of financing or support include but are not limited to the use of proceeds derived from crime, including the illicit cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their precursors;
The Sanctions Monitoring Board is the focal point for the purposes of this Resolution. Upon receipt of a report from law enforcement or intelligence authorities, the Sanctions Monitoring Board shall proceed to submit a proposal for designation to the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), and Al-Qaida, in full compliance with the Committee Guidelines
Guidelines Link :
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/committee-guidelines
Requests for Delistings submitted to the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida
A petitioner (an individual, group, undertaking, and/or entity on the ISIL (Da’esh) and AlQaida Sanctions List or their legal representative or estate) may submit a request for delisting to the 1267 Committee and may do so either through the Office of the Ombudsperson or through the Sanctions Monitoring Board which in turn would submit the request to the 1267 Committee in accordance with the Committee’s Guidelines as linked below:
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/committee-guidelines
The Office of the Ombudsperson shall receive delisting requests submitted by, or on behalf, of a petitioner following the procedures outlined in annex II of resolution 2253 (2015)
Resolution 2253 (2015) link
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/s/res/2253-%282015%29
The Office of the Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee
Office of the Ombudsperson
Room DC2-2206
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Tel: +1 212 963 8226
E-mail: ombudsperson@un.org
The petition may be sent to the Sanctions Monitoring Board, which will then submit the petition to the 1267 Committee. Individuals entitled to do so are designated Maltese nationals or foreign nationals who are resident in Malta. In the case of entities who would like to petition the Committee, these need to be registered in Malta.
The petition may be submitted in writing, enclosing any relevant material on the following address:
The Chairman
Sanctions Monitoring Board
Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade
Palazzo Parisio
Merchants Street,
Valletta.
Additionally a copy of the petition and documents may be sent in writing on sanctions.mftp@gov.mt.
In submitting the petition to the Office of the Ombudsman, the legal beneficiary will follow the requirements and procedures laid down in annex II of resolution 2253 (2015)
Resolution 2253 (2015) link:
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/s/res/2253-%282015%29
Deceased Individuals and Defunct Entities
A petition to the 1267 Committee to delist a deceased individual or a defunct entity may be submitted either by the Sanctions Monitoring Board. Alternatively, the Office of the Ombudsman may be contacted directly by the legal beneficiary together with all documentation certifying the deceased status of the individual or defunct status or the entity in accordance with the procedures established in the 1267 Guidelines as linked below:
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/committee-guidelines
as well as the requirements laid down in annex II of resolution 2253 (2015)
Resolution 2253 (2015) link
https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/s/res/2253-%282015%29
The Sanctions Monitoring Board may be contacted on the following address :
The Chairman
Sanctions Monitoring Board
Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade
Palazzo Parisio
Merchants Street,
Valletta.
The Office of the Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee
Office of the Ombudsperson
Room DC2-2206
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Tel: +1 212 963 8226
E-mail: ombudsperson@un.org
[1] Applies to any individual, group, undertaking or entity either owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by, or otherwise supporting, any individual, group, undertaking or entity associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida, including on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, shall be eligible for listing;
