Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) [on reviewing and extending sanctions against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida]
Symbol: S/RES/2368 (2017)
Date: 2017-07-20
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/72 [31] TERRORISM
S/72 [10] INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Subjects: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Organization)|Qaida (Organization)|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and Associated Individuals, Groups, Undertakings and Entities|UN. Security Council. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team Established pursuant to Resolution 1526 (2004)|UN. Security Council. Office of the Ombudsperson|Al-Qaida Sanctions List|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|TERRORISM|COUNTER-TERRORISM|SANCTIONS|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE|TERRORISM FINANCING
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: EGYPT
vote: yes
country: ETHIOPIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: KAZAKHSTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SENEGAL
vote: yes
country: SWEDEN
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: URUGUAY
vote: yes

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                Resolution 2368 (2017)
                Adopted by the Security Council at its 8007th meeting, on
                20 July 2017

                     The Security Council,
                     Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1363 (2001), 1373 (2001),
                1390 (2002), 1452 (2002), 1455 (2003), 1526 (2004), 1566 (2004), 1617 (2005),
                1624 (2005), 1699 (2006), 1730 (2006), 1735 (2006), 1822 (2008), 1904 (2009),
                1988 (2011), 1989 (2011), 2083 (2012), 2133 (2014), 2161 (2014), 2170 (2014),
                2178 (2014), 2195 (2014), 2199 (2015), 2214 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253 (2015),
                2309 (2016), 2322 (2016), 2331 (2016), 2341 (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354 (2017),
                      Reaffirming that terrorism in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of
                the most serious threats to peace and security and that any acts of terrorism are
                criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever, wherever, and
                by whomsoever committed, and reiterating its unequivocal condemnation of the
                Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), Al -Qaida, and
                associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities for ongoing and multiple
                criminal terrorist acts aimed at causing the deaths of innocent civilians and other
                victims, destruction of property, and greatly undermining stability,
                      Recognizing that terrorism poses a threat to international peace and security
                and that countering this threat requires collective efforts on national, regional and
                international levels on the basis of respect for international law and the Charter of
                the United Nations,
                      Reaffirming that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any
                religion, nationality, or civilization,
                     Expressing its gravest concern about the presence, violent extremist ideology
                and actions of ISIL, and Al-Qaida, and the growing presence of their affiliates
                around the world,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
                independence of all States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
                     Recalling the importance of Member States fulfilling all of their obligations
                under the Charter of the United Nations,


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                     Underscoring the important role of the United Nations, in particular the United
               Nations Security Council, in facilitating international cooperation in countering
               terrorism,
                     Stressing that Member States have the primary responsibility in countering
               terrorist acts and violent extremism conducive to terrorism,
                     Recalling the Presidential Statements of the Security Council on threats to
               international peace and security caused by terrorist acts of 15 January 2013
               (S/PRST/2013/1), 28 July 2014 (S/PRST/2014/14), 19 November 2014
               (S/PRST/2014/23), 29 May 2015 (S/PRST/2015/11), 28 July 2015 (S/PRST/2015/14),
               11 May 2016 (S/PRST/2016/6) and 13 May 2016 (S/PRST/2016/7),
                     Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter
               of the United Nations and international law, including applicable international
               human rights law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law,
               threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, stressing in this
               regard the important role the United Nations plays in leading and coordinating this
               effort,
                     Recognizing that development, security, and human rights are mutually
               reinforcing and are vital to an effective and comprehensive approach to countering
               terrorism, and underlining that a particular goal of counter-terrorism strategies
               should be to ensure sustainable peace and security,
                     Reaffirming its resolution 1373 (2001) and in particular its decisions that all
               States shall prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts and refrain from
               providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities or persons involved in
               terrorist acts, including by suppressing recruitment of members of terrorist groups
               and eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists,
                     Urging all States, including States where ISIL is present, to prevent any trade,
               economic, and financial ties with ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals,
               groups, undertakings, and entities, including through enhancing their border security
               efforts,
                     Stressing that terrorism can only be defeated by a sustained and comprehensive
               approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all States and
               international and regional organizations to impede, impair, isolate, and incapacitate
               the terrorist threat,
                     Emphasizing that sanctions are an important tool under the Charter of the
               United Nations in the maintenance and restoration of international peace and
               security, including in support of countering terrorism, and stressing in this regard
               the need for robust implementation of the measures in paragraph 1 of this resolution,
                    Stressing the important role the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al -Qaida
               Sanctions Committee plays in identifying possible cases of non -compliance with the
               measures pursuant to paragraph 1, including its role in determining the appropriate
               course of action on each case,
                      Recalling that ISIL is a splinter group of Al-Qaida, and recalling further that
               any individual, group, undertaking, or entity supporting ISIL or Al -Qaida is eligible
               for listing,




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                 Condemning the frequent, recent terrorist attacks perpetrated by ISIL around
           the world resulting in numerous casualties, as well as the continued gross,
           systematic and widespread abuses of human rights and violations of international
           humanitarian law by ISIL, and recognizing the need for sanctions to reflect current
           threats and, in this regard, recalling paragraph 7 of resolution 2249 (2015),
                 Recalling that all States shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in
           connection with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the financing or
           support of terrorist acts, including assistance in obtaining evidence in their possession
           necessary for the proceedings, and urges States to act in accordance with their obligations
           under international law, in order to find and bring to justice, extradite or prosecute any
           person who supports, facilitates, participates or attempts to participate in the direct or
           indirect financing of activities conducted by terrorists or terrorist groups,
                 Reminding all States that they have an obligation to take the measures
           described in paragraph 1 with respect to all individuals, groups, undertakings, an d
           entities included on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions list created pursuant
           to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1989 (2011), 2083 (2012), and 2161 (2014)
           and 2253 (2015), regardless of the nationality or residence of such individuals,
           groups, undertakings, or entities,
                 Urging all Member States to participate actively in maintaining and updating
           the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List by contributing additional information
           pertinent to current listings, submitting delisting requests when appropriate, and by
           identifying and nominating for listing additional individuals, groups, undertakings,
           and entities which should be subject to the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of
           this resolution,
                 Reminding the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee to remove
           expeditiously and on a case-by-case basis individuals, groups, undertakings, and
           entities that no longer meet the criteria for listing outlined in this resolution,
           welcoming improvements to the Committee’s procedures and the format of the ISIL
           (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, expressing its intent to continue efforts to
           ensure that procedures are fair and clear, and recognizing the challenges, both legal
           and otherwise, to the measures implemented by Member States under paragraph 1 of
           this resolution,
                 Recognizing the importance of building capacities of Member States to counter
           terrorism and terrorist financing,
                 Welcoming again the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsperso n
           pursuant to resolution 1904 (2009) and the enhancement of the Ombudsperson’s
           mandate in resolutions 1989 (2011), 2083 (2012), 2161 (2015) and 2253 (2015)
           noting the Office of the Ombudsperson’s significant contribution in providing
           additional fairness and transparency, and recalling the Security Council’s firm
           commitment to ensuring that the Office of the Ombudsperson is able to continue to
           carry out its role effectively and independently, in accordance with its mandate,
                Welcoming the Ombudsperson’s biannual reports to the Security Council,
           including the reports submitted on 21 January 2011, 22 July 2011, 20 January 2012,
           30 July 2012, 31 January 2013, 31 July 2013, 31 January 2014, 31 July 2014, and
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                    Welcoming the continuing cooperation between the Committee and
               INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in particular on
               technical assistance and capacity-building, and all other United Nations bodies, and
               strongly encouraging further engagement with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) to ensure overall coordination and
               coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system, and
               welcoming the initiative of the Secretary-General to transfer the current CTITF and
               the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre into the office of Counter-terrorism,
                     Recalling its resolutions 2199 (2015) and 2133 (2014) strongly condemning
               kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups for any purpose,
               including with the aim of raising funds or gaining political concessions, expressing
               its determination to prevent kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist
               groups and to secure the safe release of hostages without ransom payments or
               political concessions, in accordance with applicable international law, reiterating its
               call upon all Member States to prevent terrorists from benefiting directly or
               indirectly from ransom payments or from political concessions and to secure the
               safe release of hostages, welcoming the endorsement by the Global
               Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) in September 2015 of the “Addendum to the
               Algiers Memorandum on Good Practices on Preventing and Denying the Be nefits of
               Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists” and urging all States to remain vigilant about
               kidnapping and hostage-taking by ISIL, Al-Qaida, and their affiliates,
                     Gravely concerned that in some cases ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated
               individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities continue to profit from involvement
               in transnational organized crime, and expressing concern that terrorists benefit from
               transnational organized crime in some regions, including from the trafficking of
               arms, persons, drugs, and artefacts, and from the illicit trade in natural resources
               including gold and other precious metals and stones, minerals, wildlife, charcoal,
               petroleum, and petroleum products, as well as from kidnapping for ransom and other
               crimes including extortion and bank robbery,
                      Recognizing the need to take measures to prevent and suppress the financing of
               terrorism, terrorist organizations, and individual terrorists even in the absence of a
               link to a specific terrorist act, including from the proceeds of organized c rime, inter
               alia, the illicit production and trafficking of drugs and their chemical precursors, and
               recalling paragraph 5 of resolution 1452 (2002),
                     Recognizing the need for Member States to prevent the abuse of
               non-governmental, non-profit and charitable organizations by and for terrorists,
               noting that the ongoing international campaign against terrorist financing has
               identified individual cases in which terrorists and terrorist organizations exploit
               some non-profit organizations in the sector to raise and move funds, provide
               logistical support, encourage terrorist recruitment, or otherwise support terrorist
               organizations and operations, and calling upon non-governmental, non-profit, and
               charitable organizations to prevent and oppose, as appropriate, attempts by terrorists
               to abuse their status through risk mitigation measures, while recalling the
               importance of fully respecting the rights to freedom of expression and association of
               individuals in civil society and freedom of religion or belief, and welcoming the
               2016 revised international standard and guidance issued by the Financial Action
               Task Force (FATF) in Recommendation 8, including its recommendation for a m ore
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           sector to appropriately and effectively mitigate terrorist abuse, and to take
           appropriate actions when necessary, noting that any such measures implemented by
           states be consistent with their international obligations, and reiterating that States
           should identify and take effective and proportionate actions against non -profit
           organizations that either are exploited by or knowingly support terrorists or terrorist
           organizations taking into account the specifics of the case,
                Recalling its decision that Member States shall eliminate the supply of
           weapons, including small arms and light weapons, to terrorists, as well as its calls
           on States to find ways of intensifying and accelerating the exchange of operational
           information regarding traffic in arms, and to enhance coordination of efforts on
           national, subregional, regional, and international levels,
                 Strongly condemning the continued flow of weapons, including small arms and
           light weapons, military equipment, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and their
           components, and improvised explosive device (IED) components to and between
           ISIL, Al-Qaida, their affiliates, and associated groups, illegal armed groups and
           criminals, and encouraging Member States to prevent and disrupt procurement
           networks for such weapons, systems and components between ISIL, Al -Qaida and
           associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, including through
           proposing relevant listing requests,
                 Expressing concern at the increased use, in a globalized society, by terrorists
           and their supporters of new information and communications technologies, in
           particular the Internet, to facilitate terrorist acts, as well as their use to incite,
           recruit, fund, or plan terrorist acts,
                 Stressing the need to effectively counter the ways that ISIL, Al -Qaida and
           associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities use their narratives to
           incite and recruit others to commit terrorist acts, and further recalling in this regard
           resolution 2354 (2017) and the “Comprehensive International Framework to
           Counter Terrorist Narratives” (S/2017/375) with recommended guidelines and good
           practices,
                 Expressing concern at the flow of international recruits to ISIL, Al-Qaida, and
           associated groups and the scale of this phenomenon, and recalling its resolution
           2178 (2014) deciding that Member States shall, consistent with international human
           rights law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law, prevent
           and suppress the recruiting, organizing, transporting, or equipping of foreign
           terrorist fighters and the financing of their travel and of their activities,
                 Reiterating the obligation of Member States to prevent the entry into or transit
           through their territories of any individual about whom that State has credible
           information that provides reasonable grounds to believe tha t he or she is seeking
           entry into or transit through their territory for the purpose of participating in the
           foreign terrorist fighter-related activities described in paragraph 6 of resolution 2178
           (2014), and reiterating further the obligation of Member States to prevent the
           movement of terrorist groups, in accordance with applicable international law, by,
           inter alia, effective border controls, and, in this context, to exchange information
           expeditiously, improve cooperation among competent authorities to prevent the
           movement of terrorists and terrorist groups to and from their territories, the supply
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                     Expressing concern at the increasing number of foreign terrorist fighters
               leaving zones of armed conflict, returning to their countries of origin, transiting
               through, traveling to or relocating to or from other Member States, and encouraging
               Member States to share relevant information, as appropriate, within and between
               governments about funding flows and movement of foreign terrorist fighters to
               mitigate the risk they pose,
                     Calling upon Member States to continue information sharing, through
               appropriate channels and arrangements, and consistent with international and
               domestic law, on individuals, groups, undertakings and entities implicated in
               terrorist activities, in particular their supply of weapons and sources of material
               support, and on the ongoing international counter-terrorism coordination including
               among special services, security agencies and law enforcement organizations and
               criminal justice authorities,
                     Condemning any engagement in direct or indirect trade, in particular of
               petroleum and petroleum products, modular refineries, a nd related materiel
               including chemicals and lubricants, with ISIL, Al -Nusrah Front (ANF), and
               associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities designated by the
               Committee, and reiterating that such engagement would constitute support for such
               individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities and may lead to further listings by
               the Committee,
                     Condemning the destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria particularly
               by ISIL and ANF, including targeted destruction of religious sites and objects; and
               recalling its decision that all Member States shall take appropriate steps to prevent
               the trade in Iraqi and Syrian cultural property and other items of archaeological,
               historical, cultural, rare scientific, and religious importance illegally removed from
               Iraq since 6 August 1990 and from Syria since 15 March 2011, including by
               prohibiting cross-border trade in such items, thereby allowing for their eventual safe
               return to the Iraqi and Syrian people,
                     Recalling its resolution 2178 (2014) expressing concern with the continued
               threat posed to international peace and security by ISIL, Al -Qaida, and associated
               individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, and reaffirming its resolve to address
               all aspects of that threat, including terrorist acts perpetrated by foreign terrorist
               fighters,
                     Condemning in the strongest terms abductions of women and children by ISIL,
               ANF, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities and recalling
               resolution 2242 (2015), expressing outrage at their exploitation and abuse, including
               rape, sexual violence, forced marriage, and enslavement by these entities,
               encouraging all State and non-state actors with evidence to bring it to the attention
               of the Council, along with any information that such human trafficking and related
               forms of exploitation and abuse may support the perpetrators financially,
               emphasizing that this resolution requires States to ensure that their nationals and
               persons within their territory do not make available any funds, financial assets or
               economic resources for ISIL’s benefit, and noting that any person or entity who
               transfers funds to ISIL directly or indirectly in connection with such exploitation
               and abuse would be eligible for listing by the Committee,
                     Recalling its resolution 2331 (2016), condemning all acts of trafficking,
               further expressing its intention to invite the Special Representatives of the



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           Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and on Children and Armed
           Conflict to brief the Committee, in accordance with the Committee’s rules of
           procedure, and to provide relevant information including, if applicable, the names of
           individuals involved in the trafficking in persons who may meet the Committee’s
           designation criteria,
                Welcoming the efforts of the Secretariat to standardize the format of all United
           Nations sanctions lists to facilitate implementation by national authorities, further
           welcoming the Secretariat’s efforts to translate all list entries and narrative
           summaries of reasons for listing available in all official languages of the United
           Nations, and encouraging the Secretariat, with the assistance of the Monitoring
           Team, as appropriate, to continue its work to implement the data model approved by
           the Committee,
                Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

           Measures
                 1.   Decides that all States shall take the following measures as previously
           imposed by paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 1333 (2000), paragraphs 1 and 2 of
           resolution 1390 (2002), and paragraphs 1 and 4 of resolution 1989 (2011), with
           respect to ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and
           entities:

           Asset Freeze
                  (a) Freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets or economic
           resources of these individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, including funds
           derived from property owned or controlled directly or indirectly, by them or by
           persons acting on their behalf or at their direction, and ensure that neither these nor
           any other funds, financial assets or economic resources are made available, directly
           or indirectly for such persons’ benefit, by their nationals or by persons within their
           territory;

           Travel Ban
                 (b) Prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of these
           individuals, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall oblige any State to deny
           entry or require the departure from its territories of its own nationals and this
           paragraph shall not apply where entry or transit is necessary for the fulfilment of a
           judicial process or the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis only that entry
           or transit is justified;

           Arms Embargo
                 (c) Prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale, or transfer to these individuals,
           groups, undertakings and entities from their territories or by their nationals outside
           their territories, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of
           all types including weapons and ammunition, military ve hicles and equipment,
           paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, and technical
           advice, assistance or training related to military activities;

           Listing Criteria



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                     2.   Decides that acts or activities indicating that an individual, group,
               undertaking or entity is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida and therefore eligible for
               inclusion in the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List include:
                    (a) 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;
                    (b)   Supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to;
                     (c) Recruiting for; or otherwise supporting acts or activities of Al-Qaida,
               ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof;
                    3.   Notes that such means of financing or support include but are not limited
               to the use of proceeds derived from crime, including the illicit cultiva tion,
               production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their precursors;
                    4.    Confirms that 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;
                    5.    Confirms that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) above apply to
               financial and economic resources of every kind, including but not limited to those
               used for the provision of Internet hosting and related services, used for the support
               of Al-Qaida, ISIL, and other individuals, groups, undertakings or entities included
               on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                     6.    Confirms that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) above apply to funds,
               financial assets or economic resources that may be made available, directly or
               indirectly, to or for the benefit of listed individuals in connection with their travel,
               including costs incurred with respect to transportation and lodging, and that such
               travel-related funds, other financial assets or economic resources may only be
               provided in accordance with the exemption procedures set out in paragraphs 1 and 2
               of resolution 1452 (2002), as amended by resolution 1735 (2006), and in paragraphs
               10, 80 and 81 below;
                     7.    Notes that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) above apply to financia l
               transactions involving any funds, economic resources or income -generating
               activities that benefit individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL
               (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, including, but not limited to, trade in
               petroleum products, natural resources, chemical or agricultural products, weapons,
               or antiquities by listed individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, kidnapping for
               ransom, and the proceeds of other crimes including, trafficking in persons, extortion
               and bank robbery;
                     8.  Confirms that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) above shall also apply
               to the payment of ransoms to individuals, groups, undertakings or entities on the
               ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, regardless of how or by whom the ransom
               is paid;
                     9.   Reaffirms that Member States may permit the addition to accounts frozen
               pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 above of any payment in favour of listed
               individuals, groups, undertakings or entities, provided that any such payments
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                 10. Encourages Member States to make use of the provisions regarding
           available exemptions to the measures in paragraph 1 (a) above, set out in paragraphs 1
           and 2 of resolution 1452 (2002), as amended by resolution 1735 (2006), confirms that
           exemptions to the travel ban must be submitted by Member States, individuals or the
           Ombudsperson, as appropriate, including when listed individuals travel for the
           purpose of fulfilling religious obligations, and notes that the Focal Point mechanism
           established in resolution 1730 (2006) may receive exemption requests submitted by, or
           on behalf of, an individual, group, undertaking or entity on the ISIL (Da’esh) &
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List, or by the legal representative or estate of such individual,
           group, undertaking or entity, for Committee consideration, as describe d in paragraph
           81 below;

           Measures implementation
                 11. Reiterates the importance of all States identifying, and if necessary
           introducing, adequate procedures to implement fully all aspects of the measures
           described in paragraph 1 above;
                 12. Reaffirms that those responsible for committing, organizing, or
           supporting terrorist acts must be held accountable, recalls its decision in resolution
           1373 (2001) that Member States shall afford one another the greatest measure of
           assistance in connection with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings
           relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts, including assistance in obtaining
           evidence in their possession necessary for the proceedings, underlines the
           importance of fulfilling this obligation with respect to such investigations or
           proceedings involving ISIL, Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups,
           undertakings and entities, and urges Member States to provide full coordination in
           such investigations or proceedings, especially with those States where, or against
           whose citizens, terrorist acts are committed, in accordance with their obligations
           under international law, in order to find and bring to justice, extradite, or prosecute
           any person who supports, facilitates, participates or attempts to participate in the
           direct or indirect financing of activities conducted by ISIL, Al -Qaida and associated
           individuals, groups, undertakings and entities;
                 13. Reiterates Member States’ obligation to ensure that their nationals and
           persons in their territory not make available economic resources to ISIL, Al -Qaida,
           and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, recalls also that this
           obligation applies to the direct and indirect trade in petrole um and refined petroleum
           products, modular refineries, and related material including chemicals and
           lubricants, and other natural resources, and recalls further the importance of all
           Member States complying with their obligation to ensure that their nation als and
           persons within their territory do not make donations to individuals and entities
           designated by the Committee or those acting on behalf of or at the direction of
           designated individuals or entities;
                 14. Encourages all Member States to more actively submit to the Committee
           listing requests of individuals and entities supporting ISIL, Al -Qaida, and associated
           individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, and directs the Committee to
           immediately consider, in accordance with its resolution 2199 (2015), designations of
           individuals and entities engaged in financing, supporting, facilitating acts or
           activities, including in petroleum and antiquities trade -related activities with ISIL,
           Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities;



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                     15. Recalls its resolution 2331 (2016), reaffirms its intention to consider
               targeted sanctions for individuals and entities associated with ISIL or Al -Qaida
               involved in trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict and in sexual
               violence in conflict, and encourages all Member States to consider submitting to the
               Committee listing requests in this regard;
                     16. Expresses increasing concern about the lack of implementation of
               resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), 2199 (2015) and 2253 (2015) including the
               insufficient level of reporting by Member States to the Committee on the measures
               they have taken to comply with its provisions and calls upon Member States to take
               the necessary measures to fulfil their obligation under paragraph 12 of resolution
               2199 to report to the Committee interdictions in their territory of any petroleum,
               petroleum products, modular refineries, and related material being transferred to or
               from ISIL or ANF, and calls upon Member States to report also such interdictions of
               antiquities, as well as the outcome of proceedings brought against individuals and
               entities as a result of any such activity;
                     17. Strongly urges all Member States to implement the comprehensive
               international standards embodied in the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF)
               revised Forty Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering and the
               Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, particularly Recommendation 6 on
               targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing; to apply the
               elements in FATF’s Interpretive Note to Recommendation 6, with the final objective
               of effectively preventing terrorists from raising, moving and using funds, in line
               with the objectives of Immediate Outcome 10 of the FATF methodology; to take
               note of, inter alia, related best practices for effective implementation of targeted
               financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing and the need to have
               appropriate legal authorities and procedures to apply and enforce targeted financial
               sanctions that are not conditional upon the existence of criminal proceedings; and to
               apply an evidentiary standard of proof of “reasonable grounds” or “reasonable
               basis”, as well as the ability to collect or solicit as much information as possible
               from all relevant sources;
                     18. Welcomes the recent FATF reports on the Financing of the Terrorist
               Organization ISIL (published February 2015) and Emerging Terrorist Financing Risks
               (published October 2015), and ongoing FATF work related to terrorist financing,
               including the development of risk indicators related to terrorist financing, welcomes
               further the recent FATF guidance on criminalizing terrorist financing (October 2016),
               including Interpretive Note to Recommendation 5, clarifying that Recommendation 5
               applies to “funds or other assets” and that this term covers the broadest range of
               financial assets and economic resources, including petroleum and petroleum products
               and other natural resources, and other assets which could be used to obtain funds, the
               relevant elements of resolution 2178 (2014), specifically clarifying that terrorist
               financing includes the financing of the travel of individuals who travel or attempt to
               travel to a State other than their States of residence or nationality f or the purpose of
               the perpetration, planning, or preparation of, or participation in, terrorist acts or the
               providing or receiving of terrorist training, and highlights that FATF
               Recommendation 5 applies to the financing of terrorist organizations or indiv idual
               terrorists for any purpose, including but not limited to recruitment, training, or travel,
               even in the absence of a link to a specific terrorist act;




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                19. Encourages FATF to continue its efforts to prioritize countering terrorist
           financing, in particular identifying and working with Member States with strategic
           anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing deficiencies that have
           hindered Member States from effectively countering the financing of terrorism,
           including by ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, group, entities and
           undertakings, and in this regard, reiterates that the provision of economic resources
           to such groups is a clear violation of this and other relevant resolutions and is not
           acceptable;
                 20. Clarifies that the obligation in paragraph 1 (d) of resolution 1373 (2001)
           applies to making funds, financial assets or economic resources or financial or other
           related services available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of terrorist
           organizations or individual terrorists for any purpose, including but not limited to
           recruitment, training, or travel, even in the absence of a link to a spe cific terrorist act;
                21. Calls upon States to ensure that they have established as a serious
           criminal offense in their domestic laws and regulations the willful violation of the
           prohibition described in paragraph 1 (d) of resolution 1373 (2001);
                 22. Calls upon Member States to move vigorously and decisively to cut the
           flows of funds and other financial assets and economic resources to individuals,
           groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List,
           as required by paragraph 1 (a), and taking into account relevant FATF
           Recommendations and international standards designed to enhance financial
           transparency including effectively supervising the money value transfer systems and
           detecting and preventing the physical cross-border movement of currency to support
           terrorism, as well as to protect non-profit organizations, from terrorist abuse, using a
           risk-based approach, while working to mitigate the impact on legitimate activities
           through all of these mediums;
                 23. Urges Member States to remain vigilant about the use of information and
           communication technology for terrorist purposes and act cooperatively to prevent
           terrorists from recruiting and raising funds for terrorist purposes, a nd to counter
           their violent extremist propaganda and incitement to violence on the Internet and
           social media, including by developing effective counter narratives, while respecting
           human rights and fundamental freedoms and in compliance with obligations un der
           international law, and stresses the importance of cooperation with civil society and
           the private sector in this endeavor;
                 24. Urges Member States to promote awareness of the ISIL (Da’esh) &
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List as widely as possible, including to relevant domestic agencies,
           the private sector and the general public to ensure effective implementation of the
           measures in paragraph 1 above and encourages Member States to urge that their
           respective company, property and other relevant public and private registries regularly
           screen their available databases, including but not limited to those with legal and/or
           beneficial ownership information, against the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                 25. Highlights the importance of strong relationships with the private sector
           in countering the financing of terrorism, welcomes the work by FATF to develop risk
           indicators related to terrorist financing and calls upon Member States to engage with
           financial institutions and share information on terrorist financing (TF) risks to
           provide greater context for their work in identifying potential TF activity related
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               to promote stronger relationships between governments and the private sector as
               well as between private sector entities in countering terrorist financing;
                     26. Underscores that ransom payments to ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated
               individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities continue to be one of the sources of
               income which supports their recruitment efforts, strengthens their operational
               capability to organize and carry out terrorist attacks, and incentivizes future incidents
               of kidnapping for ransom, and reaffirms the call upon Member States in resolution
               2133 (2014) to prevent terrorists from benefiting directly or indirectly from ransom
               payments, or from political concessions and to secure the safe release of hos tages;
                     27. Urges Member States to remain vigilant about the growing presence of
               ISIL and its affiliates around the world, and further urges Member States to identify
               and propose for listing individuals, groups, undertakings and entities that meet the
               criteria in paragraph 2 of this resolution;
                     28. Recognizes the importance of information sharing within and between
               governments to effectively counter the financing of terrorism, calls upon Member
               States to continue exercising vigilance over relevant financia l transactions and
               improve information-sharing capabilities and practices within and between
               governments through multiple authorities and channels, including law enforcement,
               intelligence, security services, and financial intelligence units, and also calls upon
               Member States to improve integration and utilization of financial intelligence with
               other types of information available to national governments to more effectively
               counter the terrorist financing threats posed by ISIL, Al -Qaida, and associated
               individuals, groups, undertakings and entities;
                     29. Decides that Member States, in order to prevent ISIL, Al-Qaida, and
               associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities from obtaining, handling,
               storing, using or seeking access to all types of explosives, whether military, civilian
               or improvised explosives, as well as to raw materials and components that can be
               used to manufacture improvised explosive devices or unconventional weapons,
               including (but not limited to) chemical components, detonators, de tonating cord, or
               poisons, shall undertake appropriate measures to promote the exercise of enhanced
               vigilance by their nationals, persons subject to their jurisdiction and entities
               incorporated in their territory or subject to their jurisdiction that are i nvolved in the
               production, sale, supply, purchase, transfer and storage of such materials, including
               through the issuance of good practices, and further encourages Member States to
               share information, establish partnerships, and develop national strategies and
               capabilities to counter improvised explosive devices;
                    30. Encourages Member States, including through their permanent missions,
               and relevant international organizations to meet the Committee for in -depth
               discussion on any relevant issues;
                     31. Urges all Member States, in their implementation of the measures set out
               in paragraph 1 above, to ensure that fraudulent, counterfeit, stolen and lost passports
               and other travel documents are invalidated and removed from circulation, in
               accordance with domestic laws and practices, as soon as possible, and to share
               information on those documents with other Member States through the INTERPOL
               database;
                    32. Encourages Member States to share, in accordance with their domestic
               laws and practices, with the private sector information in their national databases


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           related to fraudulent, counterfeit, stolen and lost identity or travel documents
           pertaining to their own jurisdictions, and, if a listed party is found to be using a false
           identity including to secure credit or fraudulent travel documents, to provide the
           Committee with information in this regard;
                 33. Encourages Member States that issue travel documents to listed
           individuals to note, as appropriate, that the bearer is subject to the travel ban and
           corresponding exemption procedures;
                34. Encourages Member States to consult the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida
           Sanctions List when considering whether to grant travel visa applications, for the
           purpose of effectively implementing the travel ban;
                 35. Reaffirms its call upon Member States in resolution 2178 (2014) to
           require that airlines operating in their territories provide advance passenger
           information to the appropriate national authorities in order to detect the depar ture
           from their territories, or attempted entry into or transit through their territories, by
           means of civil aircraft, of individuals designated by the Committee and further
           reaffirms its call upon Member States to report any such departure from their
           territories, or such attempted entry into or transit through their territories, of such
           individuals to the Committee, as well as sharing this information with the State of
           residence or nationality, as appropriate and in accordance with domestic law and
           international obligations;
                 36. Calls upon Member States to develop the capability to process Passenger
           Name Records (PNR) data and to ensure PNR data is used by the relevant national
           competent authorities, with full respect for human rights and fundamental freed oms
           for the purpose of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offenses, and
           encourages Member States to require that, where appropriate, airlines under their
           jurisdiction provide PNR to their relevant national authorities;
                 37. Reaffirms its decision in resolution 2178 (2014) that all States shall
           ensure that their domestic laws and regulations establish serious criminal offenses
           sufficient to provide the ability to prosecute and to penalize in a manner duly
           reflecting the seriousness of such foreign terrorist fighter -related activities described
           in paragraph 6 of that resolution;
                38. Encourages Member States to exchange information expeditiously with
           other Member States, in particular States of origin, destination and transit, when
           they detect the travel of individuals on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida Sanctions List;
                 39. Calls upon Member States to improve international, regional, and
           subregional cooperation to address the issue of foreign terrorist fighters returning to
           their countries of origin, transiting through, traveling to or relocating to or from
           other Member States, including through increased sharing of information, in
           accordance with domestic and international law, for the purpose of identifying such
           movement of foreign terrorist fighters, the sharing and adoption of best practices,
           and improved understanding of the patterns of travel and financing used by foreign
           terrorist fighters;
                 40. Urges Member States to expeditiously exchange information, through
           bilateral or multilateral mechanisms and in accordance with domestic and
           international law, concerning the identity of foreign terrorist fighters, including, as
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               States whose nationality the foreign terrorist fighter holds, as well as to ensure
               consular access by those Member States to their own detained nationals, in
               accordance with applicable international and domestic law;
                    41. Encourages designating States to inform the Monitoring Team whether a
               national court or other legal authority has reviewed a listed party’s case and whether
               any judicial proceedings have begun, and to include any other relevant information
               when submitting the standard form for listing;
                    42. Encourages all Member States to designate national focal points in
               charge of liaising with the Committee and the Monitoring Team on issues related to
               the implementation of the measures described in paragraph 1 above and the
               assessment of the threat from ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups,
               undertakings, and entities;
                     43. Encourages all Member States to report to the Committee on obstacles to
               the implementation of the measures described in paragraph 1 above, with a view to
               facilitating technical assistance;
                     44. Calls upon all States to submit an updated report to the Committee no
               later than 120 days from the date of adoption of this resolution on their
               implementation, including relevant enforcement actions as appropriate, of the
               measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this resolution;

               The Committee
                     45. Directs the Committee to continue to ensure that fair and clear
               procedures exist for placing individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the
               ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List and for removing them as well as for
               granting exemptions per resolution 1452 (2002), and directs the Committee to keep
               its guidelines under active review in support of these objec tives;
                    46. Requests the Committee to report, through its Chair, at least once per year,
               to the Council on its findings regarding Member States’ implementation efforts, and
               identify and recommend steps necessary to improve implementation and on the state
               of the overall work of the Committee and the Monitoring Team in conjunction with
               other Committee Chairs, as appropriate, and expresses its intention to hold informal
               consultations at least once per year on the work of the Committee and further requests
               the Chair to hold regular briefings for all interested Member States;
                      47. Directs the Committee to identify possible cases of non-compliance with
               the measures pursuant to paragraph 1 above and to determine the appropriate course
               of action on each case, and directs the Chair, in regular reports to the Council
               pursuant to paragraph 46, to provide progress reports on the Committee’s work on
               this issue;
                     48. Confirms that no matter should be left pending before the Committee for
               a period longer than six months, unless the Committee determines on a case-by-case
               basis that extraordinary circumstances require additional time for consideration, in
               accordance with the Committee’s guidelines;
                    49. Requests the Committee to facilitate, through the Monitoring Team or
               specialized United Nations agencies, assistance on capacity-building for enhancing
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           Listing
                50. Encourages all Member States to submit to the Committee for inclusion
           on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List names of individuals, groups,
           undertakings and entities participating, by any means, in the financing or support of
           acts or activities of ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups,
           undertakings, and entities;
                 51. Reaffirms that, when proposing names to the Committee for inclusion on
           the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, Member States shall use the standard
           form for listing, available on the Committee’s website, and provide a statement of
           case that should include as detailed and specific reasons as possible describing
           the proposed basis for the listing, and as much relevant information as possible on
           the proposed name, in particular sufficient identifying information to allow for the
           accurate and positive identification of individuals, groups, undertakings, and
           entities, and to the extent possible, the information required by INTERPOL to issue
           a Special Notice, and reaffirms that the statement of case shall be releasable, upon
           request, except for the parts a Member State identifies as being confidential to the
           Committee, and may be used to develop the narrative summary of reasons for listing
           described in paragraph 55;
                 52. Reaffirms that Member States proposing a new listing, as well as
           Member States that have proposed names for inclusion on the ISIL (Da’esh) and
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List before the adoption of this resolution, shall specify if the
           Committee or the Ombudsperson may not make known the Member State’s status as
           a designating State;
                 53. Encourages Member States to submit, where available and in accordance
           with their national legislation, photographs and other biometric data of individuals
           for inclusion in INTERPOL-United Nations Security Council Special Notices;
                 54. Directs the Committee to continue to update, as necessary, the standard
           form for listing in accordance with the provisions of this resolution; further directs
           the Monitoring Team to report to the Committee o n further steps that could be taken
           to improve the quality of the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida Sanctions List and
           Consolidated Sanctions List, including by improving identifying information, as
           well as steps to ensure that INTERPOL-United Nations Security Council Special
           Notices exist for all listed individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities; and
           further directs the Secretariat, with the assistance of the Monitoring Team, to
           implement, disseminate and maintain the data model approved by the Committee in
           all official languages and requests the Secretary-General to provide additional
           resources in this regard;
                 55. Directs the Committee, with the assistance of the Monitoring Team and
           in coordination with the relevant designating States, to make accessible on the
           Committee’s website, at the same time a name is added to the ISIL (Da’esh) &
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List, a narrative summary of reasons for listing that are as
           detailed and specific as possible, as well as additional relevant information;
                 56. Encourages Member States and relevant international organizations and
           bodies to inform the Committee of any relevant court decisions and proceedings so
           that the Committee can consider them when it reviews a corresponding listing or
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                     57. Calls upon all members of the Committee and the Monitoring Team to
               share with the Committee any information they may have available regarding a
               listing request from a Member State so that this information may help inform the
               Committee’s decision on listing and provide additional material for the narrative
               summary of reasons for listing described in paragraph 54;
                     58. Reaffirms that the Secretariat shall, after publication but within three
               working days after a name is added to the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List,
               notify the Permanent Mission of the State or States where the individual or entity is
               believed to be located and, in the case of individuals, the State of which the person
               is a national (to the extent this information is known), and requests the Secretariat to
               publish on the Committee’s website all relevant publicly releasable information,
               including the narrative summary of reasons for listing, immediately after a name is
               added to the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                     59. Reaffirms the requirement that Member States take all possible measures,
               in accordance with their domestic laws and practices, to notify or inform in a timely
               manner the listed individual or entity of the listing and to include with this
               notification the narrative summary of reasons for listing, a description of the effects
               of listing, as provided in the relevant resolutions, the Committee’s procedures for
               considering delisting requests, including the possibility of submitting such a request
               to the Ombudsperson in accordance with paragraph 43 of resolution 2083 (2012)
               and annex II of this resolution, and the provisions of resolution 1452 (2002) and
               paragraphs 82 and 1 (b) of this resolution regarding available exemptions, including
               the possibility of submitting such requests through the Focal Point mechanism in
               accordance with paragraphs 10 and 82 of this resolution;

               Review of Delisting Requests — Ombudsperson/Member States
                     60. Decides to extend the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsperson,
               established by resolution 1904 (2009), as reflected in the procedures outlined in
               annex II of this resolution, for a period of 24 months from the date of expiration of
               the Office of the Ombudsperson’s current mandate in December 2019, affirms that
               the Ombudsperson shall continue to receive requests from individuals, groups,
               undertakings or entities seeking to be removed from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida
               Sanctions List in an independent and impartial manner and shall neither seek nor
               receive instructions from any government, and further affirms that the
               Ombudsperson shall continue to present to the Committee observations and a
               recommendation on the delisting of those individuals, groups, undertakings or
               entities that have requested removal from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida Sanctions
               List through the Office of the Ombudsperson, either a recommendation to retain the
               listing or a recommendation that the Committee consider delisting;
                     61. Recalls its decision that the requirement for States to take the measures
               described in paragraph 1 of this resolution shall remain in place with respect to that
               individual, group, undertaking or entity, where the Ombudsperson recommends
               retaining the listing in the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on a
               delisting request pursuant to annex II;
                     62. Recalls its decision that the requirement for States to take the measures
               described in paragraph 1 of this resolution shall terminate with respect to that
               individual, group, undertaking or entity 60 days after the Committee completes
               consideration of a Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson, in accordance with


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           annex II of this resolution, where the Ombudsperson recommends that the
           Committee consider delisting, unless the Committee decides by consensus before
           the end of that 60-day period that the requirement shall remain in place with respect
           to that individual, group, undertaking or entity; provided that, in cases where
           consensus does not exist, the Chair shall, on the request of a Committee Member,
           submit the question of whether to delist that individual, group, u ndertaking or entity
           to the Security Council for a decision within a period of 60 days; and provided
           further that, in the event of such a request, the requirement for States to take the
           measures described in paragraph 1 of this resolution shall remain in f orce for that
           period with respect to that individual, group, undertaking or entity until the question
           is decided by the Security Council;
                63. Recalls its decision that the Committee may, by consensus, shorten the
           60-day period referred to in paragraph 62 on a case-by-case basis;
                 64. Reiterates that the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this resolution
           are preventative in nature and are not reliant upon criminal standards set out under
           national law;
                 65. Underscores the importance of the Office of the Ombudsperson, and
           requests the Secretary-General to continue to strengthen the capacity of the Office
           of the Ombudsperson by providing necessary resources, including for translation
           services, as appropriate, and to make the necessary arrangements to ens ure its
           continued ability to carry out its mandate in an independent, effective and timely
           manner, and to keep the Committee updated on actions in this regard;
                66. Strongly urges Member States to provide all relevant information to the
           Ombudsperson, including any relevant confidential information, where appropriate,
           encourages Member States to provide relevant information, including any detailed
           and specific information, when available and in a timely manner, welcomes those
           national arrangements entered into by Member States with the Office of the
           Ombudsperson to facilitate the sharing of confidential information, strongly
           encourages Member States’ further progress in this regard, including by concluding
           arrangements with the Office of the Ombudsperson for the sharing of such
           information, and confirms that the Ombudsperson must comply with any
           confidentiality restrictions that are placed on such information by Member States
           providing it;
                 67. Strongly urges Member States and relevant international organizations
           and bodies to encourage individuals and entities that are considering challenging or
           are already in the process of challenging their listing through national and regional
           courts to first seek removal from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida Sanctions List by
           submitting delisting petitions to the Office of the Ombudsperson;
                 68. Notes the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) international standards
           and, inter alia, best practices relating to targeted financial sanctions, as referenced in
           paragraph 22 of this resolution;
                 69. Recalls its decision that when the designating State submits a delisting
           request, the requirement for States to take the measures described in paragraph 1 of
           this resolution shall terminate with respect to that individual, group, undertaki ng or
           entity after 60 days unless the Committee decides by consensus before the end of
           that 60-day period that the measures shall remain in place with respect to that
           individual, group, undertaking or entity; provided that, in cases where consensus


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               does not exist, the Chair shall, on the request of a Committee Member, submit the
               question of whether to delist that individual, group, undertaking or entity to the
               Security Council for a decision within a period of 60 days; and provided further
               that, in the event of such a request, the requirement for States to take the measures
               described in paragraph 1 of this resolution shall remain in force for that period with
               respect to that individual, group, undertaking or entity until the question is decided
               by the Security Council;
                    70. Also recalls its decision that the Committee may, by consensus, shorten
               the 60-day period referred to in paragraph 69 on a case-by-case basis;
                     71. Further recalls its decision that, for purposes of submitting a delisting
               request in paragraph 69, consensus must exist between or among all designating
               States in cases where there are multiple designating States; and further recalls its
               decision that co-sponsors of listing requests shall not be considered designating
               States for purposes of paragraph 62;
                     72. Strongly urges designating States to allow the Ombudsperson to reveal
               their identities as designating States to those listed individuals and entities that have
               submitted delisting petitions to the Ombudsperson;
                     73. Directs the Committee to continue to work, in accordance with its
               guidelines, to consider delisting requests of Member States for the removal from the
               ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals, groups, undertakings and
               entities that are alleged to no longer meet the criteria established in the relevant
               resolutions, and set out in paragraph 2 of this resolution, and strongly urges Member
               States to provide reasons for submitting their delisting requests;
                     74. Encourages States to submit delisting requests for individuals who are
               officially confirmed to be dead, and for entities reported or confirmed to have
               ceased to exist, while at the same time taking all reasonable measures to ensure that
               assets that had belonged to these individuals or entities will not be transferred or
               distributed to other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL
               (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List or any other Security Council sanctions list;
                     75. Encourages Member States, when unfreezing the assets of a deceased
               individual or an entity that is reported or confirmed to have ceased to exist as a
               result of a delisting, to recall the obligations set forth in resolution 1373 (2001) and,
               particularly, to prevent unfrozen assets from being used for terrorist purposes;
                     76. Reaffirms that, prior to the unfreezing of any assets that have been frozen
               as a result of the listing of Usama bin Laden, Member States shall submit to the
               Committee a request to unfreeze such assets and shall provide assurances to the
               Committee that the assets will not be transferred, directly or indirectly, to a listed
               individual, group, undertaking or entity, or otherwise used for terrorist purposes in
               line with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), and decides further that such
               assets may only be unfrozen in the absence of an objection by a Committee member
               within 30 days of receiving the request, and stresses the exceptional nature of this
               provision, which shall not be considered as establishing a precedent;
                    77. Calls upon the Committee when considering delisting requests to give
               due consideration to the opinions of designating State(s), State(s) of residence ,
               nationality, location or incorporation, and other relevant States as determined by the
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           delisting requests at the time the request is objected to, and requests the Committee
           to provide reasons to relevant Member States and national and regional courts and
           bodies, upon request and where appropriate;
                 78. Encourages all Member States, including designating States and States of
           residence, nationality, location or incorporation to provide all information to the
           Committee relevant to the Committee’s review of delisting petitions, and to meet
           with the Committee, if requested, to convey their views on delisting requests, and
           further encourages the Committee, where appropriate, to meet with representatives
           of national or regional organizations and bodies that have relevant information on
           delisting petitions;
                 79. Confirms that the Secretariat shall, within three days after a name is
           removed from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, notify the Permanent
           Mission of the State(s) of residence, nationality, location or incorporation (to the
           extent this information is known), and recalls its decision that States receiving such
           notification shall take measures, in accordance with their domestic laws and
           practices, to notify or inform the concerned individual, group, undertaking or entity
           of the delisting in a timely manner;
                 80. Reaffirms that, in cases in which the Ombudsperson is unable to
           interview a petitioner in his or her state of residence, the Ombudsperson may
           request, with the agreement of the petitioner, that the Committee consider granting
           exemptions to the restrictions on assets and travel in paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) of this
           resolution for the sole purpose of allowing the petitioner to meet travel expenses and
           travel to another State to be interviewed by the Ombudsperson for a period no
           longer than necessary to participate in this interview, provided that all States of
           transit and destination do not object to such travel, and further directs the
           Committee to notify the Ombudsperson of the Committee’s decision;

           Exemptions/Focal Point
                 81. Recalls that the assets freeze measures outlined in paragraph 1 above
           shall not apply to funds and other financial assets or economic re sources that the
           Committee determines to be:
                  (a) necessary for basic expenses, including payment for foodstuffs, rent or
           mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public
           utility charges, or exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and
           reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services,
           or fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or
           other financial assets or economic resources, following notification of intention to
           authorize access to such funds and in the absence of a negative decision by the
           Committee within 3 working days of the notification;
                 (b) necessary for extraordinary expenses, being expenses other than basic
           expenses, following notification of the intention to authorize release of such funds
           and approval of the Committee of the request within 5 working days of the
           notification, and where appropriate, there should be specific periods of time
           requested by the notifying Member States for such expenses;
                82. Reaffirms that the Focal Point mechanism established in resolution 1730
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                     (a) Receive requests from listed individuals, groups, undertakings, and
               entities for exemptions to the measures outlined in paragraph 1 (a) of this resolution,
               as defined in resolution 1452 (2002) provided that the request has first been
               submitted for the consideration of the State of residence, and reaffirms further that
               the Focal Point shall transmit such requests to the Committee for a decision, directs
               the Committee to consider such requests, including in consultation with the State of
               residence and any other relevant States, and further directs the Committee, through
               the Focal Point, to notify such individuals, groups, undertaking or entities of the
               Committee’s decision;
                     (b) Receive requests from listed individuals for exemptions to the measures
               outlined in paragraph 1 (b) of this resolution and transmit these to the Committee to
               determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether entry or transit is justified, directs the
               Committee to consider such requests in consultation with States of transit and
               destination and any other relevant States, and reaffirms further that the Committee
               shall only agree to exemptions to the measures in paragraph 1 (b) of this resolution
               with the agreement of the States of transit and destination, and further directs the
               Committee, through the Focal Point, to notify such individuals of the Committee’s
               decision;
                  83. Reaffirms that the Focal Point may receive, and transmit to the
               Committee for its consideration, communications from:
                    (a) individuals who have been removed from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida
               Sanctions List;
                     (b) individuals claiming to have been subjected to the measures outlined in
               paragraph 1 above as a result of false or mistaken identification or confusion with
               individuals included on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                     84. Directs the Committee, with the assistance of the Monitoring Team and
               in consultation with relevant States, to carefully consider such communications and
               to respond, through the Focal Point, to such communications referred to in
               paragraph 83 (b), as may be appropriate, within 60 days, and further directs the
               Committee, in consultation with INTERPOL as may be appropriate, to communicate
               with Member States as may be appropriate to address po ssible or confirmed cases of
               false or mistaken identity or confusion with individuals included on the ISIL
               (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;

               Review and maintenance of the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List
                     85. Encourages all Member States, in particular designating States and States
               of residence, nationality, location or incorporation, to submit to the Committee
               additional identifying and other information, including where possible and in
               accordance with their national legislation, photographs and other biometric data of
               individuals along with supporting documentation, on listed individuals, groups,
               undertakings and entities, including updates on the operating status of listed entities,
               groups and undertakings, the movement, incarceration or dea th of listed individuals
               and other significant events, as such information becomes available;
                    86. Requests the Monitoring Team to circulate to the Committee every
               twelve months a list compiled in consultation with the respective designating States
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                (a) individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) &
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List whose entries lack identifiers necessary to ensure effective
           implementation of the measures imposed upon them;
                 (b) individuals on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List who are
           reportedly deceased, along with an assessment of relevant information such as the
           certification of death, and to the extent possible, the status and lo cation of frozen
           assets and the names of any individuals or entities who would be in a position to
           receive any unfrozen assets;
                (c) individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) &
           Al-Qaida Sanctions List that are reported or confir med to have ceased to exist, along
           with an assessment of any relevant information;
                (d) any other names on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List that
           have not been reviewed in three or more years (“the triennial review”);
                 87. Directs the Committee to review whether these listings remain
           appropriate, and further directs the Committee to remove listings if it decides they
           are no longer appropriate;
                 88. Directs the Monitoring Team to refer to the Chair for review listings for
           which, after three years, no relevant State has responded in writing to the
           Committee’s requests for information, and in this regard, reminds the Committee
           that its Chair, acting in his or her capacity as Chair, may submit names for removal
           from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, as appropriate and subject to the
           Committee’s normal decision-making procedures;

           Coordination and outreach
                 89. Directs the Committee to continue to cooperate with other relevant
           Security Council Sanctions Committees, in particular those established pursuant to
           resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009), 1988 (2011), 1970 (2011) and 2140 (2014);
                 90. Reiterates the need to enhance ongoing cooperation among the
           Committee and United Nations counter-terrorism bodies, including the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committee established pursuant to resolution
           1540 (2004), as well as their respective groups of experts, including through, as
           appropriate, enhanced information-sharing, coordination on visits to countries
           within their respective mandates, on facilitating and monitoring technical assistance,
           on relations with international and regional organizations and agencies and on other
           issues of relevance to these bodies;
                 91. Encourages the Monitoring Team and the United Nations Office on
           Drugs and Crime, to continue their joint activities, in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and 1540 Committee experts to assist
           Member States in their efforts to comply with their obligations under the relevant
           resolutions, including through organizing regional and subregional workshops;
                 92. Requests the Committee to consider, where and when appropriate, visits
           to selected countries by the Chair and/or Committee members to enhance the full
           and effective implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 above, with
           a view to encouraging States to comply fully with this resolution and resolutions
           1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1390 (2002), 1455 (2003), 1526 (2004), 1617 (2005),
           1735 (2006), 1822 (2008), 1904 (2009), 1988 (2011) 1989 (2011), 2082 (2012),


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               2083 (2012), and 2133 (2014), 2161 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014), 2199 (2015),
               and 2214 (2015) and 2253 (2015);
                    93. Directs the Committee to consider requests for information from States
               and international organizations with ongoing judicial proceedings concerning
               implementation of the measures imposed in paragraph 1 above, and to respond as
               appropriate with additional information available to the Committee and the
               Monitoring Team;

               Monitoring Team
                     94. Decides, in order to assist the Committee in fulfilling its mand ate, as
               well as to support the Ombudsperson, to extend the mandate of the current New
               York-based Monitoring Team and its members, established pursuant to paragraph 7
               of resolution 1526 (2004), for a further period of twenty four months from the
               expiration of its current mandate in December 2019, under the direction of the
               Committee with the responsibilities outlined in annex I, and requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to this effect, and welcomes the
               restructuring under way in the Secretariat which will allow the Monitoring Team to
               receive and fully enjoy the benefits of the additional substantive and administrative
               staff and resources requested in paragraph 90 of resolution 2253 (2015) to
               effectively, safely, and in a timely manner fulfil its mandate, including with regard
               to duty of care in high-risk environments, under the direction of the Committee, a
               subsidiary organ of the Security Council, and requests further updates from the
               Secretariat by December 17 2017 on the restructuring;
                    95. Directs the Monitoring Team, in its comprehensive, independent reports
               to the Committee referred to in paragraph (a) of annex 1, to report on relevant
               thematic and regional topics and developing trends as may be requested by the
               Security Council or the Committee following the adoption of this resolution;
                     96. Encourages relevant United Nations Missions, within their existing
               mandates, resources, and capabilities, to assist the Committee and the Monitoring
               Team, such as through logistical support, security assistance, and exchange of
               information in their work relevant to the threat by ISIL, Al -Qaida, and associated
               individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in their respective areas of
               deployment;
                     97. Directs the Monitoring Team to identify, gather information on, and keep
               the Committee informed of instances and common patterns of non -compliance with
               the measures imposed in this resolution, as well as to facilitate, upon request by
               Member States, assistance on capacity-building, requests the Monitoring Team to
               work closely with State(s) of residence, nationality, location or incorporation,
               designating States, other relevant States, and relevant United Nations Missions, and
               further directs the Monitoring Team to provide recommendations to the Committee
               on actions taken to respond to non-compliance;
                    98. Directs the Committee, with the assistance of its Monitoring Team, to
               hold special meetings on important thematic or regional topics and Member States’
               capacity challenges, in consultation, as appropriate, with th e Counter Terrorism
               Committee and CTED, CTITF, and with the FAFT to identify and prioritize areas for
               the provision of technical assistance to enable more effective implementation by
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                99. Requests the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team to
           provide the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989
           (2011) on a quarterly basis oral briefings on its analysis o f global implementation of
           resolutions 2199 (2015) and 2178 (2014) including gathered information and
           analysis relevant to potential sanctions designations by Member States or
           Committee actions that could be taken;
                 100. Recalls its request in paragraph 14 of resolution 2331 (2016) to the
           Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, when consulting with Member
           States, to include in their discussions the issue of trafficking in persons in the areas
           of armed conflict and the use of sexual violence in armed conflict as it relates to
           ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and
           entities and to report to the Committee on these discussions as appropriate;

           ISIL Reporting
                 101. Emphasizing the threat posed to international peace and security by ISIL
           and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, requests the
           Secretary-General to continue to provide strategic-level reports that demonstrate and
           reflect the gravity of the aforementioned threat, including from foreign terrorist
           fighters joining ISIL and associated groups and entities, foreign terrorist fighte rs
           returning to their countries of origin, transiting through, traveling to or relocating to
           or from other Member States, and the sources of financing of these groups and
           entities including through illicit trade in petroleum, antiquities, and other natural
           resources, as well as their planning and facilitation of attacks, any support to ISIL,
           Al-Qaida or any individual included on the ISIL and Al -Qaida Sanctions List, and
           reflects the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in
           countering this threat, the next report to be provided by 31 January 2018 and then
           every six months thereafter, with the input of CTED, in close collaboration with the
           Monitoring Team, as well as other relevant United Nations actors;

           Additions to the Sanctions List
                 102. Decides that the individuals and entities specified in Annex III of this
           resolution shall be subject to the measures imposed in paragraph 1 of this resolution
           and added to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                 103. Directs the Committee to make accessible on the Committee’s website
           the narrative summaries of reasons and list entries for listing the individuals and
           entities specified in Annex III of this resolution as agreed by the Council and
           confirms that the provisions of this resolution and subsequent relevant resolutions
           shall apply to the names specified in Annex III for so long as they remain on the
           ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List;

           Reviews
                104. Decides to review the measures described in paragraph 1 above with a
           view to their possible further strengthening in eighteen months or sooner if necessary;
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               Annex I
                    In accordance with paragraph 94 of this resolution, the Monitoring Team shall
               operate under the direction of the Committee and shall have the following mandates
               and responsibilities:
                     (a) To submit, in writing, comprehensive, independent reports to the
               Committee, every six months, the first by 31 December 2017, on the following
               issues:
                    (i) implementation by Member States of the measures referred to in
                    paragraph 1 of this resolution;
                    (ii) the global threat posed by ISIL, Al-Qaida, al-Nusrah Front and associated
                    individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, including (but not limited to)
                    the threat posed by the presence of ISIL and its affiliates in Iraq, the Syrian
                    Arab Republic, Libya, and Afghanistan and beyond, and the threats presente d
                    by Boko Haram;
                    (iii) the impact of the measures in resolution 2199 (2015) and resolution 2253
                    (2015) including progress on implementation of these measures, unintended
                    consequences and unexpected challenges, as mandated in that resolutions in
                    the form of updates on each of the following subjects: petroleum and
                    petroleum products trade; trade in cultural property; kidnapping for ransom
                    and external donations; natural resources; the proceeds of crimes including
                    trafficking in persons, extortion and bank robbery direct or indirect supply;
                    sale or transfer of arms and related material of all types; as part of the impact
                    assessment, pursuant to paragraph 30 of resolution 2199 (2015);
                    (iv) the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters recruited by or joining
                    Al-Qaida, ISIL, and all other associated groups, undertakings;
                    (v) any other issues that the Security Council or the Committee requests the
                    Monitoring Team to include in its comprehensive reports as set forth in
                    paragraph 95 of this resolution; and
                    (vi) specific recommendations related to improved implementation of
                    relevant sanctions measures, including those referred to in paragraph 1 of this
                    resolution, resolution 2178 (2014) and resolution 2199 (2015), and possible
                    new measures;
                     (b) To assist the Ombudsperson in carrying out his or her mandate as
               specified in annex II of this resolution, including by providing updated information
               on those individuals, groups, undertakings or entities seeking their removal from the
               ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                    (c) To assist the Committee in regularly reviewing names on the ISIL
               (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, including by undertaking travel on behalf of
               the Committee, as a subsidiary organ of the Security Council and contact with
               Member States, with a view to developing the Committee’s record of the facts and
               circumstances relating to a listing;
                     (d) To assist the Committee in following up on requests to Member States
               for information, including with respect to implementation of the measures referr ed
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                 (e) To submit a comprehensive programme of work to the Committee for its
           review and approval, as necessary, in which the Monitoring Team should detail the
           activities envisaged in order to fulfil its responsibiliti es, including proposed travel,
           based on close coordination with CTED and the 1540 Committee’s group of experts
           to avoid duplication and reinforce synergies;
                 (f) To work closely and share information with CTED and the 1540
           Committee’s group of experts to identify areas of convergence and overlap and to
           help facilitate concrete coordination, including in the area of reporting, among the
           three Committees;
                 (g) To participate actively in and support all relevant activities under the
           United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy including within the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, established to ensure overall coordination
           and coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system, in
           particular through its relevant working groups;
                 (h) To gather information, on behalf of the Committee, on instances of
           reported non-compliance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this
           resolution, including by collating information from all relevant sources, including
           Member States, and engaging with related parties, pursuing case studies, both on its
           own initiative and upon the Committee’s request, and to provide cases of
           non-compliance and recommendations to the Committee on actions to respond to
           such cases of non-compliance for its review;
                (i) To present to the Committee recommendations, which could be used by
           Member States to assist them with the implementation of the measures referred to in
           paragraph 1 of this resolution and in preparing proposed additions to the ISIL
           (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                 (j) To assist the Committee in its consideration of proposals for listing,
           including by compiling and circulating to the Committee information relevant to the
           proposed listing, and preparing a draft narrative summary referred to i n paragraph 55
           of this resolution;
                (k) To consult with the Committee or any relevant Member States, as
           appropriate, when identifying that certain individuals or entities should be added to,
           or removed from, the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
                 (l) To bring to the Committee’s attention new or noteworthy circumstances
           that may warrant a delisting, such as publicly reported information on a deceased
           individual;
                 (m) To consult with Member States in advance of travel to selected Member
           States, based on its programme of work as approved by the Committee;
                 (n) To coordinate and cooperate with the national counter -terrorism focal
           point or similar coordinating body in the state of visit where appropriate;
                 (o) To cooperate closely with relevant United Nations counter -terrorism
           bodies in providing information on the measures taken by Member States on
           kidnapping and hostage-taking for ransom by Al-Qaida, ISIL, and associated
           individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, and on relevant trends and
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                     (p) To encourage Member States to submit names and additional identifying
               information for inclusion on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida Sanctions List, as
               instructed by the Committee;
                    (q) To present to the Committee additional identifying and other information
               to assist the Committee in its efforts to keep the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al -Qaida
               Sanctions List as updated and accurate as possible;
                   (r) To encourage Member States to provide information to the Monitoring
               Team that is relevant to the fulfilment of its mandate, as appropriate;
                    (s) To study and report to the Committee on the changing nature of the threat
               of Al-Qaida and ISIL, and the best measures to confront them, including by
               developing, within existing resources, a dialogue with relevant scholars, academic
               bodies and experts through an annual workshop and/or other appropriate means, in
               consultation with the Committee;
                     (t) To collate, assess, monitor, report on, and make recommendations
               regarding implementation of the measures, including implementation of the measure
               in paragraph 1 of this resolution as it pertains to preventing the criminal misuse of
               the Internet by ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and
               entities, which shall be included in the Monitoring Team’s regular report as outlined
               in section (a) of this annex; to pursue case studies, as appropriate; and to explore in
               depth any other relevant issues as directed by the Committee;
                     (u) To consult with Member States and other relevant organizations,
               including the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Civil
               Aviation Organization (ICAO), the World Customs Organization (WCO),
               INTERPOL, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and its regional bodies as well
               as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
               including regular dialogue with representatives in New York and in capitals, taking
               into account their comments, especially regarding any issues that might be reflected
               in the Monitoring Team’s reports referred to in paragraph (a) of this annex, such as
               gaps and challenges in States’ implementation of the measures in this resolution;
                     (v) To consult, in confidence, with Member States’ intelligence and security
               services, including through regional forums, in order to facilitate the sharing of
               information and to strengthen implementation of the measures;
                     (w) To consult with Member States, relevant representatives of the private
               sector, including financial institutions and relevant non-financial businesses and
               professions, and international and regional organizations, including FATF and its
               regional bodies, to promote awareness of, and enhanced compliance with, and to
               learn about the practical implementation of the asset freeze and to develop
               recommendations for the strengthening of the implementation of that measure;
                     (x) To consult with Member States, relevant representatives of the private
               sector and international and regional organizations, including ICAO, IATA, WCO
               and INTERPOL, to promote awareness of, and enhanced compliance with, and to
               learn about the practical implementation of the travel ban, including the use of
               advanced passenger information provided by civil aircraft operators to Member
               States, and to develop recommendations for the strengthening of the implementation
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                 (y) To consult with Member States, relevant representatives of international
           and regional organizations and the private sector, in coordination with national
           authorities, as appropriate, to promote awareness of, enhance compliance with, and
           to learn about the practical implementation of the arms embargo, with a particular
           emphasis on measures to counter the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by
           listed individuals, groups, undertakings and entities and the procurement of related
           components used to construct IEDs, in particular (but not limited to) trigger
           mechanisms, explosive precursors, commercial grade explosives, detonators,
           detonating cords, or poisons;
                (z) To assist the Committee in facilitating assistance on capacity-building for
           enhancing implementation of the measures, upon request by Member States;
                 (aa) To work with INTERPOL and Member States to obtain photographs and,
           in accordance with their national legislation, biometric information of listed
           individuals for possible inclusion in INTERPOL-United Nations Security Council
           Special Notices, to work with INTERPOL to ensure that INTERPOL -United
           Nations Security Council Special Notices exist for all listed individuals, groups,
           undertakings, and entities; and to further work with INTERPOL, as appropriate, to
           address possible or confirmed cases of false or mistaken identity, with a view to
           reporting to the Committee on such instances and proposing an y recommendations;
                (bb) To assist other subsidiary bodies of the Security Council, and their expert
           panels, upon request, with enhancing their cooperation with INTERPOL, referred to
           in resolution 1699 (2006), and to work, in consultation with the Secretariat, to
           standardize the format of all United Nations sanctions lists and the Consolidated
           Sanctions List so as to facilitate implementation by national authorities;
                (cc) To report to the Committee, on a regular basis or when the Committee so
           requests, through oral and/or written briefings on the work of the Monitoring Team,
           including its visits to Member States and its activities;
                (dd) Any other responsibility identified by the Committee.

           Annex II
                 In accordance with paragraph 60 of this resolution, the Office of the
           Ombudsperson shall be authorized to carry out the following tasks upon receipt of a
           delisting request submitted by, or on behalf of, an individual, group, undertaking or
           entity on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List or by the legal representative
           or estate of such individual, group, undertaking or entity (“the petitioner”).
                 The Council recalls that Member States are not permitted to submit delisting
           petitions on behalf of an individual, group, undertaking or entity to the Office of the
           Ombudsperson.

           Information gathering (four months)
           1.   Upon receipt of a delisting request, the Ombudsperson shall:
                (a)   Acknowledge to the petitioner the receipt of the delisting request;
                (b) Inform the petitioner of the general procedure for processing delisting
           requests;




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                    (c) Answer specific questions from the petitioner about Committee
               procedures;
                     (d) Inform the petitioner in case the petition fails to properly address the
               original listing criteria, as set forth in paragraph 2 of this resolution, and return it to
               the petitioner for his or her consideration; and
                    (e) Verify if the request is a new request or a repeated request and, if it is a
               repeated request to the Ombudsperson and it does not contain relevant additional
               information, return it to the petitioner, with an appropriate explanation, for his or
               her consideration.
               2.    For delisting petitions not returned to the petitioner, the Ombudsperson shall
               immediately forward the delisting request to the members of the Committee,
               designating State(s), State(s) of residence and nationality or incorporation, relevant
               United Nations bodies, and any other States deemed relevant by the Ombudsperson.
               The Ombudsperson shall ask these States or relevant United Nations bodies to
               provide, within four months, any appropriate additional information relevant to the
               delisting request. The Ombudsperson may engage in dialogue with these States to
               determine:
                    (a) These States’ opinions on whether the delisting request should be
               granted; and
                     (b) Information, questions or requests for clarifications that these States
               would like to be communicated to the petitioner regarding the delisting request,
               including any information or steps that might be taken by a petitioner to clarify the
               delisting request.
               3.   Where all designating States consulted by the Ombudsperson do not object to
               the petitioner’s delisting, the Ombudsperson may shorten the information gathering
               period, as appropriate.
               4.  The Ombudsperson shall also immediately forward the delisting request to the
               Monitoring Team, which shall provide to the Ombudsperson, within four months:
                     (a) All information available to the Monitoring Team that is relevant to the
               delisting request, including court decisions and proceedings, news reports, and
               information that States or relevant international organizations have previously
               shared with the Committee or the Monitoring Team;
                     (b) Fact-based assessments of the information provided by the petitioner that
               is relevant to the delisting request; and
                     (c) Questions or requests for clarifications that the Monitoring Team would
               like asked of the petitioner regarding the delisting request.
               5.    At the end of this four-month period of information gathering, the
               Ombudsperson shall present a written update to the Committee on progress to date,
               including details regarding which States have supplied information, and any
               significant challenges encountered therein. The Ombudsperson may extend this
               period once for up to two months if he or she assesses that more time is required for
               information gathering, giving due consideration to requests by Member States for
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           Dialogue (two months)
           6.     Upon completion of the information gathering period, the Ombudsperson shall
           facilitate a two-month period of engagement, which may include dialogue with the
           petitioner. Giving due consideration to requests for additional time, the
           Ombudsperson may extend this period once for up to two months if he or she assesses
           that more time is required for engagement and the drafting of the Comprehensive
           Report described in paragraph 8 below. The Ombudsperson may shorten this time
           period if he or she assesses less time is required.
           7.   During this period of engagement, the Ombudsperson:
                 (a) May submit questions, either orally or in writing, to the petitioner, or
           request additional information or clarifications that may help the Committee’s
           consideration of the request, including any questions or information requests
           received from relevant States, the Committee and the Monitoring Team;
                 (b) Should request from the petitioner a signed statement in which the
           petitioner declares that they have no ongoing association with Al -Qaida, ISIL, or
           any cell, affiliate, splinter group, or derivative thereo f, and undertakes not to
           associate with Al-Qaida or ISIL in the future;
                (c)   Should meet with the petitioner, to the extent possible;
                 (d) Shall forward replies from the petitioner back to relevant States, the
           Committee and the Monitoring Team and follow up with the petitioner in connection
           with incomplete responses by the petitioner;
                (e) Shall coordinate with States, the Committee and the Monitoring Team
           regarding any further inquiries of, or response to, the petitioner;
                 (f) During the information gathering or dialogue phase, the Ombudsperson
           may share with relevant States information provided by a State, including that
           State’s position on the delisting request, if the State which provided the information
           consents;
                 (g) In the course of the information gathering and dialogue phases and in the
           preparation of the report, the Ombudsperson shall not disclose any information
           shared by a state on a confidential basis, without the express written consent of that
           state; and
                 (h) During the dialogue phase, the Ombudsperson shall give serious
           consideration to the opinions of designating States, as well as other Member States
           that come forward with relevant information, in particular those Member States
           most affected by acts or associations that led to the origi nal listing.
           8.    Upon completion of the period of engagement described above, the
           Ombudsperson, shall draft and circulate to the Committee a Comprehensive Report
           that will exclusively:
                 (a) Summarize and, as appropriate, specify the sources of, all information
           available to the Ombudsperson that is relevant to the delisting request. The report
           shall respect confidential elements of Member States’ communications with the
           Ombudsperson;
                (b) Describe the Ombudsperson’s activities with respect to this delistin g
           request, including dialogue with the petitioner; and


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                     (c) Based on an analysis of all the information available to the Ombudsperson
               and the Ombudsperson’s recommendation, lay out for the Committee the principal
               arguments concerning the delisting request. The recommendation should state the
               Ombudsperson’s views with respect to the listing as of the time of the examination of
               the delisting request.

               Committee discussion
               9.    After the Committee has had fifteen days to review the Comprehensive Report
               in all official languages of the United Nations, the Chair of the Committee shall
               place the delisting request on the Committee’s agenda for consideration.
               10. When the Committee considers the delisting request, the Ombudsperson, shall
               present the Comprehensive Report in person and answer Committee members’
               questions regarding the request.
               11. Committee consideration of the Comprehensive Report shall be complete d no
               later than thirty days from the date the Comprehensive Report is submitted to the
               Committee for its review.
               12. After the Committee has completed its consideration of the Comprehensive
               Report, the Ombudsperson may notify all relevant States of the re commendation.
               13. Upon the request of a designating State, State of nationality, residence, or
               incorporation, and with the approval of the Committee, the Ombudsperson may
               provide a copy of the Comprehensive Report, with any redactions deemed necessary
               by the Committee, to such States, along with a notification to such States
               confirming that:
                   (a) All decisions to release information from the Ombudsperson’s
               Comprehensive Reports, including the scope of information, are made by the
               Committee at its discretion and on a case-by-case basis;
                    (b) The Comprehensive Report reflects the basis for the Ombudsperson’s
               recommendation and is not attributable to any individual Committee member; and
                     (c) The Comprehensive Report, and any information contained therein,
               should be treated as strictly confidential and not shared with the petitioner or any
               other Member State without the approval of the Committee.
               14. In cases where the Ombudsperson recommends retaining the listing, the
               requirement for States to take the measures in paragraph 1 of this resolution shall
               remain in place with respect to that individual, group, undertaking or entity, unless a
               Committee member submits a delisting request, which the Committee shall consider
               under its normal consensus procedures.
               15. In cases where the Ombudsperson recommends that the Committee consider
               delisting, the requirement for States to take the measures described in paragraph 1
               of this resolution shall terminate with respect to that individual, group, undertaking
               or entity 60 days after the Committee completes consideration of a Comprehensive
               Report of the Ombudsperson, in accordance with this annex II, including paragraph
               7 (h), unless the Committee decides by consensus before the end of that 60 -day
               period that the requirement shall remain in place with respect to that individual,
               group, undertaking or entity; provided that, in cases where consensus does not exist,
               the Chair shall, on the request of a Committee Member, submit the question of



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           whether to delist that individual, group, undertaking or entity to the Security
           Council for a decision within a period of 60 days; and provided further that, in the
           event of such a request, the requirement for States to take the measures described in
           paragraph 1 of this resolution shall remain in force for that period with respect to
           that individual, group, undertaking or entity until the question is decided by the
           Security Council.
           16. Following the conclusion of the process described in paragraphs 61 and 62 of
           this resolution, the Committee shall convey, within 60 days, to the Ombudsperson,
           whether the measures described in paragraph 1 are to be retained or terminated, and
           approve an updated narrative summary of reasons for listing, where appropriate. In
           cases where the Committee informs the Ombudsperson that it has followed his or her
           recommendation, the Ombudsperson immediately informs the Petitioner of the
           Committee’s decision and submits to the Committee, for its review, a summary of
           the analysis contained in the Comprehensive Report. The Committee reviews the
           summary within 30 days of the decision to retain or terminate the listing, and
           communicates its views on the summary to the Ombudsperson. The purpose of the
           Committee’s review is to address any security concerns, including to review if any
           information confidential to the Committee is inadvertently included in the summary.
           Following the Committee’s review, the Ombudsperson transmits the summary to
           the Petitioner. The summary shall accurately describe the principal reasons for the
           recommendation of the Ombudsperson, as reflected in the analysis of the
           Ombudsperson. In his or her communication with the Petitioner, the Ombudsperson
           will specify that the summary of the analysis does not reflect the views of the
           Committee or of any of its members. In cases where the listing is retained, the
           summary of the analysis shall cover all the arguments for delisting by the Petitioner to
           which the Ombudsperson responded. In cases of delisting, the summary shall include
           the key points of the analysis of the Ombudsperson. In cases where the Committee
           informs the Ombudsperson that it has not followed his or her recommendation or that
           the Chair has submitted the question to the Security Council under paragraph 15 of
           this Annex, the Committee communicates to the Ombudsperson, within 30 days of its
           decision or the Council’s decision, the reasons for this decision for transmission to the
           Petitioner. These reasons shall respond to the principal arguments of the Petitioner.
           17. After the Ombudsperson receives the communication from the committee
           under paragraph 16 of Annex II, if the measures in paragraph 1 are to be retained,
           the Ombudsperson shall send to the petitioner, with an advance copy sent to the
           Committee, a letter that:
                (a)   Communicates the outcome of the petition;
                (b) Describes, to the extent possible and drawing upon the Ombudsperson’s
           Comprehensive Report, the process and publicly releasable factual information
           gathered by the Ombudsperson; and
                (c) Forwards from the Committee all information about the decision
           provided to the Ombudsperson pursuant to paragraph 16 of Annex II above.
           18. In all communications with the petitioner, the Ombudsperson shall respect the
           confidentiality of Committee deliberations and confidential communications
           between the Ombudsperson and Member States.




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               19. The Ombudsperson may notify the petitioner, as well as those States relevant
               to a case but which are not members of the Committee, of the stage at which the
               process has reached.

               Other Office of the Ombudsperson Tasks
               20.   In addition to the tasks specified above, the Ombudsperson shall:
                    (a) Distribute publicly releasable information about Committee procedures,
               including Committee Guidelines, fact sheets and other Committee -prepared
               documents;
                     (b) Where address is known, notify individuals or entities about the status of
               their listing, after the Secretariat has officially notified the Permanent Mission of the
               State or States, pursuant to paragraph 79 of this resolution; and
                     (c) Submit biannual reports summarizing the activities of the Ombudsperson
               to the Security Council.

               Annex III
               1.    Muhammad Bahrum Naim Anggih Tamtomo
               Muhammad Bahrum Naim Anggih Tamtomo is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for
               “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,” “recruiting for,” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Islamic
               State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
               2.  Hanifa Money Exchange Office (branch located in Albu Kamal, Syrian
               Arab Republic)
               Hanifa Money Exchange Office (branch located in Albu Kamal, Syrian Arab
               Republic) is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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,” “supplying,
               selling or transferring arms and related materiel to,” “otherwise supporting acts or
               activities of,” and being “either owned or controlled, directly or indirectly by, or
               otherwise supporting” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al -Qaida in
               Iraq (QDe.115).
               3.    Selselat al-Thabab
               Selselat al-Thabab is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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,” and “otherwise
               supporting acts or activities of” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as
               Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
               4.    Jaysh Khalid Ibn al Waleed
               Jaysh Khalid Ibn al Waleed is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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,”
               “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to,” “otherwise
               supporting acts or activities of,” and being “either owned or controlled, directly or



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           indirectly by, or otherwise supporting” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as
           Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
           5.   Malik Ruslanovich Barkhanoev
           Malik Ruslanovich Barkhanoev is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for
           “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,” “recruiting for,” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Islamic
           State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
           6.   Murad Iraklievich Margoshvili
           Murad Iraklievich Margoshvili is associated with ISIL or Al -Qaida for “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,”
           “recruiting for,” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Jabhat Fatah al -
           Sham, listed as Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137).
           7.   Oman Rochman
           Oman Rochman is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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,” “recruiting
           for,” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Islamic State in Iraq and the
           Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
           8.   Jund al Aqsa
           Jund al Aqsa is associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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,” “supplying,
           selling or transferring arms and related materiel to,” “otherwise sup porting acts or
           activities of,” and being “either owned or controlled, directly or indirectly by, or
           otherwise supporting” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al -Qaida in
           Iraq (QDe.115).




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