Security Council resolution 1363 (2001) [on the establishment of a mechanism to monitor the implementation of measures imposed by resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000)]
Symbol: S/RES/1363(2001)
Date: 2001-07-30
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/56 [46] AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
Subjects: UN. Office for Sanctions Monitoring and Coordination--Afghanistan > Establishment|UN. Office for Sanctions Monitoring and Coordination--Afghanistan > Terms of reference|Monitoring Group Established pursuant to Resolution 1363 (2001) and Extended by Resolution 1390 (2002)|UN. Office for Sanctions Monitoring and Coordination--Afghanistan. Sanctions Enforcement Support Teams|Taliban (Afghanistan)|UN. Committee of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1333 (2000)|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|ARMS EMBARGO|SANCTIONS|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE|TERRORISM|AFGHANISTAN SITUATION|DRUG CONTROL|GROUPS OF EXPERTS|REPORTING PROCEDURES|INFORMATION EXCHANGE|TRUST FUNDS|BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BANGLADESH
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COLOMBIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: JAMAICA
vote: yes
country: MALI
vote: yes
country: MAURITIUS
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SINGAPORE
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/1363 (2001)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               30 July 2001




               Resolution 1363 (2001)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 4352nd meeting, on
               30 July 2001

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its previous resolutions, in particular resolution 1267 (1999) of 15
               October 1999 and resolution 1333 (2000) of 19 December 2000, as well as the
               statements of its President on the situation in Afghanistan,
                     Determining that the situation in Afghanistan constitutes a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    1.   Stresses the obligation under the Charter of the United Nations of all
               Member States to comply fully with the measures imposed by resolutions 1267
               (1999) and 1333 (2000);
                     2.   Welcomes the report (S/2001/511) of the Committee of Experts
               established pursuant to resolution 1333 (2000), and notes the conclusions and
               recommendations contained therein, following consultations with the States
               bordering the territory of Afghanistan under Taliban control which it had visited;
                    3.    Requests the Secretary-General to establish, in consultation with the
               Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), within 30 days of the
               date of adoption of this resolution and for a period running concurrently with the
               application of the measures imposed by resolution 1333 (2000), a mechanism:
                    (a) to monitor the implementation of the measures imposed by resolutions
               1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000);
                    (b) to offer assistance to States bordering the territory of Afghanistan under
               Taliban control and other States, as appropriate, to increase their capacity regarding
               the implementation of the measures imposed by resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333
               (2000); and
                     (c) to collate, assess, verify wherever possible, report and make
               recommendations on information regarding violations of the measures imposed by
               resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000);
                    4.    Decides that the composition of the monitoring mechanism, bearing in
               mind inter alia equitable geographical distribution, should be comprised of:

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                     (a) a Monitoring Group in New York of up to five experts, including a
               Chairman, to monitor the implementation of all the measures imposed by resolutions
               1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000), including in the fields of arms embargoes, counterterrorism and related legislation and, in view of the link to the purchase of arms and
               financing of terrorism, money laundering, financial transactions and drug
               trafficking; and
                     (b) a Sanctions Enforcement Support Team, under the coordination of the
               Monitoring Group, of up to fifteen members with expertise in areas such as:
               customs, border security and counter-terrorism, to be located in those States referred
               to in paragraph 2 above, in full consultation and in close cooperation with those
               States;
                     5.   Requests the Monitoring Group to report to the Committee established
               pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) including through briefings of experts of the
               monitoring mechanism regarding the work of the monitoring mechanism as
               established in paragraph 3 above, and requests also the Sanctions Enforcement
               Support Team to report at least once a month to the Monitoring Group;
                    6.     Requests also the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267
               (1999) to report to the Security Council on the implementation of this resolution at
               regular intervals;
                    7.    Calls upon all States, the United Nations and concerned parties, to
               cooperate in a full and timely manner with the monitoring mechanism;
                     8.   Urges all States to take immediate steps to enforce and strengthen
               through legislative enactments or administrative measures, where appropriate, the
               measures imposed under their domestic laws or regulations against their nationals
               and other individuals or entities operating on their territory, to prevent and punish
               violations of the measures imposed by resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000), and
               to inform the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) of the
               adoption of such measures, and invites States to report the results of all related
               investigations or enforcement actions to the Committee unless to do so would
               compromise the investigation or enforcement action;
                     9.   Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to
               support the work of the monitoring mechanism, as an expense of the Organization
               and through a United Nations Trust Fund established for this purpose, affirms that
               this Trust Fund will be established by the Secretary-General, encourages States to
               contribute to the Fund and to contribute, through the Secretary-General, personnel,
               equipment and services to the monitoring mechanism; and further requests the
               Secretary-General to keep the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267
               (1999) informed on a regular basis of the financial arrangements supporting the
               mechanism;
                     10. Expresses its intention to review the implementation of the measures
               imposed by resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) on the basis of the information
               provided by the monitoring mechanism through the Committee established pursuant
               to resolution 1267 (1999);
                    11.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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