United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland: draft resolution
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its
resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1618 (2005), 1624 (2005), 2083 (2012) 2129 (2013), 2133 (2014), 2161 (2014), and its relevant
Presidential Statements,
Reaffirming the
independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of
Iraq and Syrian Arab Republic, and reaffirming
further the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming that terrorism
in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to
international peace and security and that any acts of terrorism are criminal
and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever
committed,
Expressing its gravest
concern that territory in parts of Iraq and Syria is under the control of Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al Nusrah Front (ANF) and about the
negative impact of their presence, violent extremist ideology and actions on
stability in Iraq, Syria and the region, including the devastating humanitarian
impact on the civilian populations which has led to the displacement of
millions of people, and about their acts of violence that foment sectarian
tensions,
Reiterating its
condemnation of ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and
entities associated with Al Qaida for ongoing and multiple criminal terrorist
acts aimed at causing the deaths of civilians and other victims, destruction of
property and of cultural and religious sites, and greatly undermining
stability, and recalling that the
asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo requirements in paragraph 1 of
resolution 2161 (2014) apply
to ISIL, ANF, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities
associated with Al-Qaida,
Reaffirming that
terrorism, including the actions of ISIL, cannot and should not be associated
with any religion, nationality, or civilization,
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,
Reaffirming that Member
States must ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism, including while
implementing this resolution, comply with all their obligations under
international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and
international humanitarian law, and underscoring that effective
counter-terrorism measures and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms
and the rule of law are complementary and mutually reinforcing, and are an
essential part of a successful counter-terrorism effort, and notes the
importance of respect for the rule of law so as to effectively prevent and
combat terrorism,
Reaffirming that those who
have committed or are otherwise responsible for violations of international
humanitarian law or violations or abuses of human rights in Iraq and Syria,
including persecution of individuals on the basis of their religion or belief,
or on political grounds, must be held accountable,
Gravely concerned by the
financing of, and financial and other resources obtained by, ISIL, ANF and all
other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al-Qaida,
and underscoring that these resources will support their future terrorist
activities,
Strongly condemning
incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by ISIL, ANF and all other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida 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, calling 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, and reaffirming the need for all Member
States to cooperate closely during incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking
committed by terrorist groups,
Expressing concern at the
flow of foreign terrorist fighters to ISIL, ANF and all other individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and the scale of
this phenomenon,
Expressing concern at the
increased use, in a globalized society, by terrorists and their supporters of
new information and communication technologies, in particular the Internet, for
the purposes of recruitment and incitement to commit terrorist acts, as well as
for the financing, planning and preparation of their activities, and
underlining the need for Member States to act cooperatively to prevent
terrorists from exploiting technology, communications and resources to incite
support for terrorist acts, while respecting human rights and fundamental
freedoms and in compliance with other obligations under international law,
Condemning in the
strongest terms the incitement of terrorist acts and repudiating attempts at the justification or glorification (apologie) of terrorist acts that may
incite further terrorist acts,
Underlining the primary
responsibility of Member States to protect civilian population on their
territories, in accordance with their obligations under international law,
Urging all parties to
protect the civilian population, in particular women and children, affected by
the violent activities of ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings
and entities associated with Al-Qaida, especially against any form of sexual
violence,
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, refugee and
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,
Noting with concern the
continued threat posed to international peace and security by ISIL, ANF and all
other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida,
and reaffirming its resolve to
address all aspects of that threat,
Acting under Chapter VII
of the Charter of the United Nations,
1. Deplores and condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist acts of
ISIL and its violent extremist ideology, and its continued gross, systematic
and widespread abuses of human rights and violations of international
humanitarian law;
2. Strongly condemns the indiscriminate killing and deliberate
targeting of civilians, numerous atrocities, mass executions and extrajudicial
killings, including of soldiers, persecution of individuals and entire
communities on the basis of their religion or belief, kidnapping of civilians,
forced displacement of members of minority groups, killing and maiming of
children, recruitment and use of children, rape and other forms of sexual
violence, arbitrary detention, attacks on schools and hospitals, destruction of
cultural and religious sites and obstructing the exercise of economic, social
and cultural rights, including the right to education, especially in the Syrian
governorates of Ar-Raqqah, Deir ez-Zor, Aleppo and Idlib, in northern Iraq,
especially in Tamim, Salaheddine and Niniveh provinces;
3. Recalls that widespread or systematic attacks directed against any
civilian populations because of their ethnic or political background, religion
or belief may constitute a crime against humanity, emphasises the need to ensure that ISIL, ANF and all other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida are
held accountable for abuses of human rights and violations of international
humanitarian law, urges all parties
to prevent such violations and abuses;
4. Demands that ISIL, ANF, and all other individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida cease all violence and
terrorist acts, and disarm and disband with immediate effect;
5. Urges all States, in accordance with their obligations under
resolution 1373 (2001), to
cooperate in efforts to find and bring to justice individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida including ISIL and ANF who
perpetrate, organize and sponsor terrorist acts and in this regard underlines the importance of regional
cooperation;
6. Reiterates its call upon all States to take all measures as may be
necessary and appropriate and in accordance with their obligations under
international law to counter incitement of terrorist acts motivated by
extremism and intolerance perpetrated by individuals or entities associated
with ISIL, ANF and Al-Qaida and to prevent the subversion of educational,
cultural, and religious institutions by terrorists and their supporters;
Foreign Terrorist Fighters
7. Condemns the recruitment by ISIL, ANF
and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with
Al-Qaida of foreign terrorist fighters, whose presence is exacerbating conflict
and contributing to violent radicalisation, demands
that all foreign terrorist fighters associated with ISIL and other
terrorist groups withdraw immediately, and expresses
its readiness to consider listing those recruiting for or participating in
the activities of ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and
entities associated with Al-Qaida under the Al-Qaida sanctions regime,
including through financing or facilitating, for ISIL or ANF, of travel of
foreign terrorist fighters;
8. Calls upon all Member States to take national measures to suppress
the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to, and bring to justice, in accordance
with applicable international law, foreign terrorist fighters of, ISIL, ANF and
all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with
Al-Qaida, reiterates further the obligation of Member States to prevent the
movement of terrorists or terrorist groups, in accordance with applicable
international law, by, inter alia, effective border controls, and, in this
context, to exchange information expeditiously, improve cooperation among
competent authorities to prevent the movement of terrorists and terrorist
groups to and from their territories, the supply of weapons for terrorists and
financing that would support terrorists;
9. Encourages all Member States to engage with those within their
territories at risk of recruitment and violent radicalisation to discourage
travel to Syria and Iraq for the purposes of supporting or fighting for ISIL,
ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated
with Al-Qaida;
10. Reaffirms its decision that States shall prevent the direct or
indirect supply, sale, or transfer to ISIL, ANF and all other individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida 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, as well as its calls for
States to find ways of intensifying and accelerating the exchange of operational
information regarding traffic in arms, and to enhance coordination of efforts
on national, subregional, regional and international levels;
Terrorist Financing
11. Reaffirms 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;
12. Recalls its decision in resolution 2161 (2014) that all States shall
ensure that no funds, financial assets or economic resources are made
available, directly or indirectly for the benefit of ISIL, ANF, or any other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, by
their nationals or by persons within their territory, and reaffirms its decision in resolution 1373 (2001) that all States shall
prohibit their nationals or any persons and entities within their territories
from making any funds, financial assets or economic resources or financial or
other related services available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of
persons who commit or attempt to commit or facilitate or participate in the
commission of terrorist acts, or for the benefit of entities owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such persons and of persons and entities
acting on behalf of or at the direction of such persons;
13. Notes with concern that oilfields and related infrastructure
controlled by ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and
entities associated with Al-Qaida, are generating income which support their
recruitment efforts and strengthen their operational capability to organise and
carry out terrorist attacks;
14. Condemns any engagement in direct or indirect trade involving ISIL,
ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated
with Al‑Qaida, and reiterates that
such engagement could constitute financial support for entities designated by
the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) (“the Committee”) and
may lead to further listings by the Committee;
15. Emphasises 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 entities;
16. Expresses its concern that aircraft or other transport departing
from territory controlled by ISIL could be used to transfer gold or other
valuable items and economic resources for sale on international markets, or to
make other arrangements that could result in violations of the asset freeze;
17. Confirms that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 2161 (2014) shall also apply to
the payment of ransoms to individuals, groups, undertakings or entities on the
Al-Qaida Sanctions List, regardless of how or by whom the ransom is paid;
Sanctions
18. Observes that ISIL is a splinter group of Al-Qaida, recalls that ISIL and ANF are included
on the Al-Qaida sanctions list and in this regard, expresses its readiness to consider listing individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities providing support to ISIL or to ANF, including those
who are financing, arming, planning or recruiting for ISIL or ANF and all other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida through
information and communications technologies including the internet and social
media or through any other means;
19. Decides that the individuals specified in Annex I of this
resolution shall be subject to the measures imposed in paragraph 1 of
resolution 2161 (2014) and
added to the Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
20. Directs the Committee to make accessible on the Committee’s website
the narrative summaries of reasons for listing the individuals specified in
Annex I of this resolution as agreed by the Council and confirms that the provisions of resolution 2161 (2014) and subsequent
relevant resolutions shall apply to the names specified in Annex I for so long
as they remain on the Al Qaida Sanctions List;
21. Encourages the submission of listing requests to the Committee by
Member States of individuals and entities supporting ISIL, ANF, and all other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida and further encourages the Committee to
urgently consider additional designations of individuals and entities
supporting ISIL and ANF;
Reporting
22. Directs the Monitoring Team to submit a report to the Committee within
90 days on the threat, including to the region, posed by ISIL and ANF, their
sources of arms, funding, recruitment and demographics, and recommendations for
additional action to address the threat and requests
that, after a Committee discussion of this report, the chair of the Committee
to brief the Security Council on its principal findings;
23. Requests UNAMI, within its mandate, capabilities, and its areas of
operation, to assist the Committee and the Analytical Support and Sanctions
Monitoring Team established by resolution 1526 (2004), including by passing
information relevant to the implementation of the measures in paragraph 1 of
resolution 2161 (2014);
24. Decides to remain seized of this matter.
Annex
1. Abdelrahman Mouhamad
Zafir al Dabidi al Jahani (Saudi)
Abdelrahman Mouhamad
Zafir al Dabidi al Jahani is associated with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate,
splinter group or derivative thereof for “participating in the financing,
planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” and “recruiting
for” Jabhet al-Nusra, an a.k.a. of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant
(QE.A.137.14).
2. Hajjaj Bin Fahd Al
Ajmi (Kuwaiti)
Hajjaj bin Fahd al Ajmi
is associated with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or
derivative thereof for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating,
preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under
the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Al-Nusrah Front for the People of
the Levant (QE.A.137.14).
3. Abou Mohamed al
Adnani (Iraqi)
Abou Mohamed al Adnani
is associated with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or
derivative thereof for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating,
preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under
the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL), an a.k.a of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04).
4. Said Arif (Algerian)
Said Arif is associated
with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof for “participating
in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in
support of” and “recruiting for” Jabhet al-Nusra, an a.k.a. of Al-Nusrah Front
for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14).
5. Abdul Mohsen
Abdallah Ibrahim al Charekh (Saudi)
Abdul Mohsen Abdallah
Ibrahim al Charekh is associated with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate, splinter
group or derivative thereof for “participating in the financing, planning,
facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Jabhet
al-Nusra, listed as an a.k.a. of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant
(QE.A.137.14).
6. Hamid Hamad Hamid
al-Ali (Kuwaiti)
Hamid Hamad Hamid al-‘Ali
is associated with Al-Qaida or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or
derivative thereof for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating,
preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under
the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL), an a.k.a. of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04) and Jabhet al-Nusra,
an a.k.a. of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14).
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