United Nations Security Council Resolution 1526
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Security Council Resolution
1526, adopted unanimously on January 30, 2004, after recalling resolutions 1267
(1999), 1333
(2000), 1363
(2001), 1373
(2001), 1390
(2001), 1452
(2002) and 1455
(2003) concerning terrorism
, the Council tightened sanctions against Al-Qaeda
, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden
and associated individuals and groups.
, the Council decided to improve the implementation of sanctions including the freezing of financial assets and funds controlled by the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and other groups. The previous sanctions also included an arms embargo
and travel ban
against the groups and individuals. The Committee established in Resolution 1267
had its mandate
strengthened to include a central role for assessing information regarding the effective implementation of the restrictions and making recommendations. The sanctions would be reviewed within 18 months.
All states were called upon to cut the supply of financial assets and funds to the sanctioned individuals and organisations and to establish internal procedures for the monitoring of currency across borders. An Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was established to assist the 1267 Committee in the fulfilment of its mandate for an initial period of 18 months, and would be based in New York City
. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
was required to appoint eight people to the monitoring team with relevant expertise. It was required to submit three reports on the implementation of the sanctions by countries and suggest improvements, and if necessary, the Committee would consider visits to selected countries to improve the implementation of the sanctions and report to the Council. An analytical assessment was also requested of the Committee within 17 months.
The resolution urged all countries to co-operate with the monitoring team and Committee, stressing the need for information exchange and providing the names of individuals and entities to be sanctioned. It set a deadline of March 31, 2004, for countries to provide names of Al-Qaeda, Taliban and members of associated groups on their territory. At the same time, states had to informed sanctioned individuals of the measures imposed against them and report on the measures they had taken to implement the sanctions.
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1526, adopted unanimously on January 30, 2004, after recalling resolutions 1267
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, adopted unanimously on October 15, 1999, after recalling resolutions 1189 , 1193 and 1214 on the situation in Afghanistan, the Council established a sanctions regime to cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden and/or...
(1999), 1333
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333, adopted on December 19, 2000, after recalling all resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan, including Resolution 1267 , the Council called for a ban of military assistance to the Taliban, closure of its camps and an end to the provision of...
(2000), 1363
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1363
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1363, adopted unanimously on July 30, 2001, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan, including resolutions 1267 and 1333 , the Council requested the Secretary-General to establish a mechanism to monitor the implementation of...
(2001), 1373
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373, adopted unanimously on September 28, 2001, is a counter-terrorism measure passed following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States...
(2001), 1390
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1390
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1390, adopted unanimously on January 16, 2002, after recalling resolutions 1267 , 1333 , 1363 , 1368 , 1373 1378 and 1383 concerning the situation in Afghanistan and terrorism, the Council imposed further sanctions on Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, the...
(2001), 1452
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1452
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1452, adopted unanimously on December 20, 2002, after recalling resolutions 1267 , 1333 , 1363 , 1368 and 1390 concerning Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and terrorism, the Council decided that financial sanctions against the organisations would not apply to...
(2002) and 1455
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1455
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1455, adopted unanimously on January 17, 2003, after recalling resolutions 1267 , 1333 , 1363 , 1373 , 1390 and 1452 concerning Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and terrorism, the Council improved the implementation of measures against the groups...
(2003) concerning terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, the Council tightened sanctions against Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
and associated individuals and groups.
Observations
The Security Council urged all states to implement Resolution 1373 and reaffirmed the need to combat threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. It condemned Al-Qaeda and other associated groups for ongoing terrorist attacks and reiterated its overall condemnation of all terrorist acts.Acts
Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations CharterChapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, the Council decided to improve the implementation of sanctions including the freezing of financial assets and funds controlled by the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and other groups. The previous sanctions also included an arms embargo
Arms embargo
An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry. It may also include "dual use" items. An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes:# to signal disapproval of behavior by a certain actor,# to maintain neutral standing in an ongoing conflict, or...
and travel ban
Persona non grata
Persona non grata , literally meaning "an unwelcome person", is a legal term used in diplomacy that indicates a proscription against a person entering the country...
against the groups and individuals. The Committee established in Resolution 1267
United Nations Security Council Committee 1267
The 1267 Committee , was established on 15 October 1999, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1267 concerning Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and/or the Taliban and associated individuals and entities. The 1267 Committee is one of three Security Council committees dealing with counter-terrorism...
had its mandate
Mandate (international law)
In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization....
strengthened to include a central role for assessing information regarding the effective implementation of the restrictions and making recommendations. The sanctions would be reviewed within 18 months.
All states were called upon to cut the supply of financial assets and funds to the sanctioned individuals and organisations and to establish internal procedures for the monitoring of currency across borders. An Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was established to assist the 1267 Committee in the fulfilment of its mandate for an initial period of 18 months, and would be based in New York City
New York City
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. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
was required to appoint eight people to the monitoring team with relevant expertise. It was required to submit three reports on the implementation of the sanctions by countries and suggest improvements, and if necessary, the Committee would consider visits to selected countries to improve the implementation of the sanctions and report to the Council. An analytical assessment was also requested of the Committee within 17 months.
The resolution urged all countries to co-operate with the monitoring team and Committee, stressing the need for information exchange and providing the names of individuals and entities to be sanctioned. It set a deadline of March 31, 2004, for countries to provide names of Al-Qaeda, Taliban and members of associated groups on their territory. At the same time, states had to informed sanctioned individuals of the measures imposed against them and report on the measures they had taken to implement the sanctions.
See also
- Anti-terrorism legislationAnti-terrorism legislationAnti-terrorism legislation designs various types of laws passed in the aim of fighting terrorism. They usually, if not always, follow specific bombings or assassinations...
- Counter-terrorismCounter-terrorismCounter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1501 to 1600 (2003 – 2005)
- Terrorist financingTerrorist FinancingTerrorist financing came into limelight after the events of terrorism on 9/11. The US passed the USA PATRIOT Act to, among other reasons, attempt thwarting the financing of terrorism and anti-money laundering making sure these were given some sort of adequate focus by US financial institutions...
- United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism CommitteeUnited Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism CommitteeThe Counter-Terrorism Committee is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security Council.In the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1373, which, among its provisions, obliges all States to...