Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) [on reviewing and extending sanctions against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida]
Symbol: S/RES/2610 (2021)
Date: 2021-12-17
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/76 [31] TERRORISM
S/76 [10] INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
S/ X Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
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: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: KENYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2610 (2021)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                 17 December 2021




               Resolution 2610 (2021)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8934th meeting, on
               17 December 2021

                    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), 2368
               (2017), 2379 (2017), 2388 (2017), 2396 (2017), 2462 (2019), 2482 (2019), and 2560
               (2020),
                     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), 13 May 2016 (S/PRST/2016/7),
               11 March (S/PRST/2020/5), and 12 January 2021 (S/PRST/2021/1),
                     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 that the measures imposed by this resolution are not intended to have
               adverse humanitarian consequences for civilian populations,
                    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 reaffirmed pursuant to paragraph 1, including its role in determining the
               appropriate course of action on each case,
                      Recalling that ISIL originated as 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,
                    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


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           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, and 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),
           2253 (2015), and 2368 (2017) 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, while ensuring that such nominations are evidence-based,
                 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 that are reaffirmed by
           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 Ombudsperson 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,
           2 February 2015, 14 July 2015, 1 February 2016, 1 August 2016, 23 January 2017,
           7 August 2017, 8 August 2018, 6 February 2019, 1 August 2019, 7 February 2020,
           7 August 2020, 8 February 2021, and 23 July 2021, and the Update of the Office of
           the Ombudsperson submitted in lieu of a biannual report on 8 February 2018,
                 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 Office of Counterterrorism and its Global


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               Compact Entities to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counterterrorism efforts of the United Nations system,
                     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 Benefits 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 crime, inter
               alia, the illicit production and trafficking of drugs and their chemical precursors, and
               recalling paragraph 5 of resolution 1452 (2002),
                    Reiterating the central role of the United Nations, in particular its Security
               Council, in preventing and combatting terrorism and stressing the essential role of the
               Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in setting global standards for preventing and
               combatting money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing and its
               Global Network of FATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs),
                    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 trafficking 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, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and their components, improvised
               explosive device (IED) components, and military equipment including Man-Portable
               Air-Defence Systems 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,
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                 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 or facilitation 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 that 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 move ment of
           terrorists and terrorist groups to and from their territories, the supply of weapons for
           terrorists, and financing that would support terrorists,
                 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, and 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, particularly in Iraq and Syria
           by ISIL, Al-Qaida, 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 2396 (2017) expressing concern with the continued
           threat posed to international peace and security by ISIL, Al-Qaida, and associated

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               individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, and reaffirming its resolve to address
               all aspects of that threat, including terrorist acts perpetrated by foreign terrorist
               fighters, 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,
               Al-Qaida, 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 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.    Reaffirms its decision in paragraph 1 of resolution 2368 (2017) 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

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           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 vehicles and equipment,
           paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, and technical advice,
           assistance or training related to military activities;

           Listing Criteria
                 2.   Reaffirms 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 cultivation, 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, 83 and 84 below;
                 7.   Notes that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) above apply to financial
           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
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               proceeds of other crimes including, trafficking in persons, extortion and bank
               robbery;
                     8.   Confirms that the requirements reaffirmed 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 reaffirmed in paragraph 1 above of any payment in favour
               of listed individuals, groups, undertakings or entities, provided that any such
               payments continue to be subject to the provisions in paragraph 1 above and are frozen;
                     10. Encourages Member States to make use of the provisions regarding
               available exemptions to the measures reaffirmed 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 described in
               paragraph 84 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 petroleum 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 nationals 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;


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                 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;
                 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,
           al-Qaida, 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) 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; 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; and to
           consider elements in FATF Recommendation 15 on virtual assets as “property,”
           “proceeds,” “funds,” “funds or other assets,” or other “corresponding value” and
           apply the relevant measures under the FATF Recommendations to virtual assets and
           virtual asset service providers (VASPs);
                 18. Welcomes the recent FATF reports on ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and Affiliates
           Financing (October 2021) and ongoing FATF work related to terrorist financing,
           including the development of risk indicators related to terrorist financing, welcomes
           further the FATF guidance on criminalizing terrorist financing (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
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               perpetration, planning, or preparation of, or participation in, terrorist acts or the
               providing or receiving of terrorist training;
                     19. Reaffirms its decision in resolution 2462 (2019) that all States shall, in a
               manner consistent with their obligations under international law, including
               international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international
               refugee law, 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 the offense the wilful provision or collection of funds,
               financial assets or economic resources or financial or other related services, directly
               or indirectly, with the intention that the funds should be used, or in the knowledge
               that they are to be used 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 specific terrorist act;
                     20. Demands that Member States ensure that all measures taken to implement
               this resolution comply with their obligations under international law, including
               international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international
               refugee law;
                    21. 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;
                     22. 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 specific terrorist act;
                    23. Calls upon States to ensure that they have established as a serious criminal
               offense in their domestic laws and regulations the wilful violation of the prohibition
               described in paragraph 1 (d) of resolution 1373 (2001);
                     24. 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;
                     25. 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, including through
               crowd-funding and virtual assets, and 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 under international law, and stresses the
               importance of cooperation with civil society and the private sector in this endeavour;

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                 26. 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;
                27. 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 to ISIL,
           Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, and t o
           promote stronger relationships between governments and the private sector as well as
           between private sector entities in countering terrorist financing;
                 28. 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 hostages;
                 29. 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;
                 30. 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 financial 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;
                 31. 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, detonating 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 involved 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;




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                    32. Encourages Member States, including through their permanent missions,
               and relevant international organizations to meet the Committee for in-depth
               discussion on any relevant issues;
                     33. 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;
                     34. Encourages Member States to share, in accordance with their domestic
               laws and practices, with the private sector information in their national databases
               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;
                     35. 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;
                    36. 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;
                     37. Reaffirms its decision in resolution 2396 (2017) that Member States shall
               require that airlines operating in their territories provide advance passenger
               information (API) to the appropriate national authorities, in accordance with domestic
               law and international obligations, in order to detect the departure from their
               territories, or attempted travel to, entry into or transit through their territories, by
               means of civil aircraft, of foreign terrorist fighters and 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, by sharing this information with the State of residence or nationality, or
               the countries of return, transit or relocation, and relevant international organizations
               as appropriate and in accordance with domestic law and international obligations, and
               to ensure API is analysed by all relevant authorities, with full respect for human rights
               and fundamental freedoms for the purpose of preventing, detecting, and investigating
               terrorist travel offenses and travel;
                     38. Reaffirms its decision in resolution 2396 (2017) that Member States shall
               develop the capability to collect, process and analyse, in furtherance of ICAO
               standards and recommended practices, Passenger Name Records (PNR) data and to
               ensure PNR data is used by and shared with all their national competent authorities,
               with full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for the purpose of
               preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offenses and related travel, reaffirms
               its call upon Member States, the UN, and other international, regional, and
               subregional entities to provide technical assistance, resources and capacity building
               to Member States in order to implement such capabilities, and, where appropriate,
               reaffirms its encouragement for Member States to share PNR data with relevant or
               concerned Member States to detect foreign terrorist fighters returning to their
               countries of origin or nationality, or traveling or relocating to a third country, with
               particular regard for all individuals designated by the Committee established pursuant
               to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), 2253 (2015), and 2368 (2017), and also
               reaffirms its urging of ICAO to work with its Member States to implement ICAO



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           Standards and Recommended Practices for the collection, use, processing and
           protection of PNR data;
                 39. 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;
                 40. 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;
                 41. 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;
                 42. 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
           appropriate, foreign terrorist fighters of more than one nationality with Member
           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;
                43. 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;
                 44. 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;
                 45. 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;
                46. Calls upon all States to submit an updated report to the Committee no later
           than 180 days from the date of adoption of the form developed pursuant to
           paragraph 47 on their implementation, in particular the freezing of assets and any
           exemptions thereto, of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this resolution;
                47. Requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Monitoring Team, to
           develop a format for reporting the information requested in paragraph 46 above and
           submit to the Committee for approval by consensus;

           The Committee
                 48. 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



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               per resolution 1452 (2002), and directs the Committee to keep its guidelines under
               active review in support of these objectives;
                     49. 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;
                     50. 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 49, to provide progress reports on the Committee’s work on this issue;
                     51. 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;
                    52. Requests the Committee to facilitate, through the Monitoring Team or
               specialized United Nations agencies, assistance on capacity-building for enhancing
               implementation of the measures, upon request by Member States;

               Listing
                     53. 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;
                     54. 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 57;
                     55. 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;
                     56. 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;
                    57. 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 on further steps that could be taken

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           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;
                58. 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;
                 59. 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
           updates a narrative summary of reasons for listing;
                 60. 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 57;
                 61. 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;
                 62. 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 86 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 86 of this resolution;

           Review of Delisting Requests – Ombudsperson/Member States
                 63. 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 30 months from the date of expiration of
           the Office of the Ombudsperson’s current mandate in December 2021, 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


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               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;
                     64. 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;
                     65. 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
               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, 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;
                    66. Recalls its decision that the Committee may, by consensus, shorten the 60-
               day period referred to in paragraph 65 on a case-by-case basis;
                    67. 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;
                     68. 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 ensure 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;
                    69. 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;
                     70. Strongly urges Member States and relevant international organizations and
               bodies to encourage individuals and entities that are considering challenging or are
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           to first seek removal from the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List by submitting
           delisting petitions to the Office of the Ombudsperson;
                 71. Notes the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) international standards and,
           inter alia, best practices relating to targeted financial sanctions, as referenced in
           paragraph 24 of this resolution;
                 72. 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, undertaking 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 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;
                73. Also recalls its decision that the Committee may, by consensus, shorten
           the 60-day period referred to in paragraph 72 on a case-by-case basis;
                 74. Further recalls its decision that, for purposes of submitting a delisting
           request in paragraph 72, 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 65;
                 75. 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;
                 76. 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;
                 77. 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;
                 78. 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;
                 79. 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 t he
           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

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               30 days of receiving the request, and stresses the exceptional nature of this provision,
               which shall not be considered as establishing a precedent;
                     80. 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
               Committee, directs Committee members to provide their reasons for objecting to
               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;
                     81. 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, calls upon
               the Ombudsperson to provide a copy of the Comprehensive Report to member states
               that participate in the delisting review process, and for the Committee Chair to invite
               these member states to the committee meeting where the Comprehensive Report is
               discussed, 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;
                     82. 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;
                     83. 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 anothe r
               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
                    84. Recalls that the assets freeze measures outlined in paragraph 1 above shall
               not apply to funds and other financial assets or economic resources 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

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           notification, and where appropriate, there should be specific periods of time requested
           by the notifying Member States for such expenses;
                 85. Decides that in order to ensure careful consideration of requests for basic
           and extraordinary exemptions from the assets freeze submitted under paragraphs 84 (a)
           and 84 (b), the Committee, through the Secretariat, will immediately acknowledge
           receipt of the request, except in instances where the information provided is
           insufficient, in which case the Secretariat will inform that a decision cannot be taken
           until such information is provided;
                86. Reaffirms that the Focal Point mechanism established in resolution 1730
           (2006) may:
                 (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 any other State where assets subject
           to the exemption request are held, 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 Committe e 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;
                  87. 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;
                 88. 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 87 (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 possible 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
                 89. 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,

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               undertakings and entities, including updates on the operating status of listed entities,
               groups and undertakings, the movement, incarceration or death of listed individuals
               and other significant events, as such information becomes available;
                     90. Requests the Monitoring Team to circulate to the Committee every twelve
               months a list compiled in consultation with the respective designating States and
               States of residence, nationality, location or incorporation, where known, of:
                    (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 location 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 confirmed 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”);
                    91. 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;
                     92. 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
                     93. 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);
                     94. 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)
               and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) established pursuant to UN
               General Assembly resolution 71/291, 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;
                     95. 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;
                     96. 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

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           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), 2083
           (2012), and 2133 (2014), 2161 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014), 2199 (2015), and
           2214 (2015) and 2253 (2015);
                97. 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
                 98. Decides, in order to assist the Committee in fulfilling its mandate, 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 thirty months from the expiration of
           its current mandate in December 2021, 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;
                99. 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;
                 100. 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;
                 101. 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;
                 102. 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 the Counter Terrorism
           Committee and CTED, UNOCT, and with the FATF to identify and prioritize areas
           for the provision of technical assistance to enable more effective implementati on by
           Member States;
                 103. Reiterates its call in 2462 (2019) for UNOCT, in close cooperation with
           UNODC and in consultation with CTED, the Analytical Support and Sanctions
           Monitoring Team and other Global Compact entities as well as international financial
           institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank and
           other stakeholders, including the FSRBs, to enhance coordination with the aim of
           delivering integrated technical assistance on counter-terrorist financing measures,
           including assistance that will improve the capacity of Member States, upon their
           request, to implement this resolution;

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                     104. 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 of 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;
                     105. 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
                     106. 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 fighters 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 2022 and then every six months thereafter,
               with the input of CTED, in close collaboration with the Monitoring Team, UNOCT,
               and other relevant United Nations actors;

               Reviews
                    107. Decides to review the measures described in paragraph 1 above with a
               view to their possible further strengthening in thirty months or sooner if necessary;
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Annex I

                In accordance with paragraph 98 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 2021, 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, ANF, 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 presented 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 99 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) resolution 2388 (2017), resolution 2396 (2017), 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 fac ts 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 referred to in
           paragraph 1 of this resolution;
                 (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 responsibilities, including proposed travel,
           based on close coordination with CTED and the 1540 Committee’s group of experts
           to avoid duplication and reinforce synergies;

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                     (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, the private sector, and engaging with related parties, pursuing case
               studies, both on its own initiative and upon the Committee’s request, and to provide
               cases of noncompliance 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 in paragraph 57
               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
               developments in this area;
                     (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
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                (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), INTE RPOL, the
           FATF and its Global Network of FSRBs 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
           Global Network of FSRBs, and civil society 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 of that
           measure;
                 (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
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                     (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 repo rting to the
               Committee on such instances and proposing any 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.




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Annex II

                 In accordance with paragraph 63 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;
                (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;

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                     (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
               additional time to provide information.

               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 thereof, 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 original listing.




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           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 delisting
           request, including dialogue with the petitioner; and
                 (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, shal l
           present the Comprehensive Report in person and answer Committee members’
           questions regarding the request.
           11. Committee consideration of the Comprehensive Report shall be completed no
           later than thirty days from the date the Comprehensive Report is subm itted 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 recommendation.
           13. Upon completion of the Comprehensive Report, the Ombudsperson will provide
           a copy to those non-Security Council members who participated in the delisting
           review process, along with a notification to such States confirming that:
                (a) The Comprehensive Report reflects the basis for the Ombudsperson’s
           recommendation and is not attributable to any individual Committee member; and
                 (b) 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. 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
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                     (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.
               15. 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.
               16. 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 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.
               17. Following the conclusion of the process described in paragraphs 64 and 65 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 16 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.
               18. After the Ombudsperson receives the communication from the committee under
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           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 17 of Annex II above.
           19. In all communications with the petitioner, the Ombudsperson shall respect the
           confidentiality of Committee deliberations and confidential communications between
           the Ombudsperson and Member States.
           20. 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
           21.   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 82 of this resolution; and
                 (c) Submit biannual reports summarizing the activities of the Ombudsperson
           to the Security Council.




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