10
February 2015
The
Security Council,
Reaffirming
its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace
and security, in accordance with 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,
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,
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 countering terrorism, and underlining
the importance of prompt and effective implementation of relevant
resolutions, in particular Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999)
and 1989 (2011) as key instruments in the fight against terrorism,
Recalling
its Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), 2161 (2014), 2170 (2014),
and 2178 (2014) and its Presidential Statements of 28 July 2014 and
19 November 2014, including its stated intention to consider
additional measures to disrupt oil trade by Islamic State in Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL, also known as Daesh), Al-Nusrah Front (ANF) and all
other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with
Al-Qaida, as a source of terrorism financing,
Recognizing
the importance of the role that financial sanctions play in
disrupting ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings
and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and emphasizing also the need
for a comprehensive approach to fully disrupt ISIL and ANF that
integrates multilateral strategies with national action by Member
States,
Reaffirming
the
independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the
Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic, and reaffirming
further the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming
also that terrorism 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,
Expressing,
in
this regard, its deep appreciation for Arab League Resolution 7804
(September 7, 2014), the Paris Statement (September 15, 2014), the
FATF statement on countering the financing of ISIL (October 24, 2014)
and the Manama declaration on countering terrorist finance (November
9, 2014),
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,
Recognizing
the significant need to build capacities of Member States to counter
terrorism and terrorist finance.
Reiterating
its deep concern that
oilfields and their related infrastructure, as well as other
infrastructure such as dams and power plants, controlled by ISIL, ANF
and potentially other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida, are generating a significant portion of the
groups' income, alongside extortion, private foreign donations,
kidnap ransoms and stolen money from the territory they control,
which support their recruitment efforts and strengthen their
operational capability to organize and carry out terrorist attacks,
Condemning
in the strongest terms abductions of women and children, expressing
outrage
at their exploitation and abuse, including rape, sexual abuse, forced
marriage, committed by ISIL, ANF, and other individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and encouraging
all state and non-state actors with evidence to bring it to the
attention of the Council, along with any information that human
trafficking may support the perpetrators financially,
Reaffirming
the obligation of Member States to freeze without delay funds and
other financial assets or economic resources of persons who commit,
or attempt to commit, terrorist acts or participate in or facilitate
the commission of terrorist acts; 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 and
entities, including funds derived or generated from property owned or
controlled directly or indirectly by such persons and associated
persons and entities,
Expressing
its concern
that economic resources such as oil, oil products, modular refineries
and related material, other natural resources including precious
metals such as gold, silver, and copper, diamonds, and any other
assets are made available to ISIL, ANF, and other individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and
noting that direct or indirect trade with ISIL and ANF in such
materials could constitute a violation of the obligations imposed by
resolution 2161 (2014),
Reminding
all States of their obligation to ensure that any person who
participates in the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration
of terrorist acts or in supporting terrorist acts is brought to
justice,
Reaffirming
its decision 2133 (2014) and noting
again
that ransom payments to terrorist groups are 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,
Expressing
concern
at the increased use, in a globalized society, by terrorists and
their supporters, of new information and communications technologies,
in particular the Internet, to facilitate terrorist acts, as well as
their use to incite, recruit, fund or plan terrorist acts,
Expressing
grave
concern at the increased incidents of kidnapping and
hostage-murdering committed by ISIL, and condemning those heinous
and cowardly murders which demonstrate that terrorism is a scourge
impacting all of humanity and people from all regions and religions
or belief.
Welcoming
the
report on ANF and ISIL from the Analytical Support and Sanctions
Monitoring Team, published on November 14, 2014, and taking
note
of its recommendations,
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,
Oil
Trade
1.
Condemns any
engagement in direct or indirect trade, in particular of oil and oil
products, and modular refineries and related material, with ISIL, ANF
and any other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
designated as associated with Al-Qaida by the Committee pursuant to
resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), and
reiterates that
such engagement would constitute support for such individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities and may lead to further listings by
the Committee;
2. Reaffirms
that States are required by resolution 2161 (2014) to ensure that
their nationals and those in their territory not make assets or
economic resources, directly or indirectly, available to ISIL, ANF
and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida, and notes
that this obligation applies to the direct and indirect trade in oil
and refined oil products, modular refineries and related material;
3.
Reaffirms
that States are required by resolution 2161 (2014) to freeze without
delay the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of
ISIL, ANF, and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida, including funds derived from property owned
or controlled directly or indirectly, by them or by persons acting on
their behalf or at their direction;
4.
Reaffirms
that States are required by resolution 2161 (2014) to ensure that no
funds, other financial assets or economic resources are made
available, directly or indirectly, by their nationals or by persons
within their territory for the benefit of ISIL, ANF, and other
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with
Al-Qaida;
5.
Recalls
that
funds and other financial assets or economic resources made available
to or for the benefit of listed individuals or entities are not
always held directly by them, and recalls
in addition that in identifying such funds and benefits, States
should be alert to the possibility that property owned or controlled
indirectly by the listed party may not be immediately visible;
6.
Confirms
that economic resources include oil, oil products, modular refineries
and related material, other natural resources, and any other assets
which are not funds but which potentially may be used to obtain
funds, goods or services;
7.
Emphasizes
therefore that States are required by UN Security Council resolution
2161 (2014) to freeze without delay funds, other financial assets and
economic resources of ISIL, ANF, and other individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, including oil,
oil products, modular refineries and related material and other
natural resources owned or controlled by them, or persons acting on
their behalf or at their direction, as well as any funds or
negotiable benefit arising from such economic resources;
8.
Recognizes
the need to take measures to prevent and suppress the financing of
terrorism, individual terrorists, and terrorist organizations,
including from the proceeds of organized crime, inter alia, the
illicit production and trafficking of drugs and their chemical
precursors, and the importance of continued international cooperation
to that aim;
9.
Emphasizes
that States are required to ensure that their nationals and persons
in their territory not make available, directly or indirectly, any
funds, other financial assets or economic resources, including oil,
oil products, modular refineries and related material and other
natural resources that are identified as directed to, collected for,
or otherwise for the benefit of ISIL, ANF, and other individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, as well
as any funds or negotiable benefit arising from such economic
resources;
10.
Expresses
concern that
vehicles, including aircraft, cars and trucks[, and oil tankers],
departing from or going to areas of Syria and Iraq where ISIL, ANF or
any other groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida
operate, could be used to transfer oil and oil products, modular
refineries and related material, cash, and other valuable items
including natural resources such as precious metals and minerals like
gold, silver, copper and diamonds, as well as grain, livestock,
machinery, electronics, and cigarettes by or on behalf of such
entities for sale on international markets, for barter for arms, or
for use in other ways that would result in violations of the asset
freeze or arms embargo in paragraph 1 of resolution 2161 (2014) and
encourages
Member
States to take appropriate steps in accordance with international law
to prevent and disrupt activity that would result in violations of
the asset freeze or targeted arms embargo in paragraph 1 of
resolution 2161 (2014);
11.
Reaffirms
that
all
States shall ensure that any person who participates in the
financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts or
in supporting terrorist acts is brought to justice and ensure that
such terrorist acts are established as serious criminal offenses in
domestic laws and regulations and that the punishment duly reflects
the seriousness of such terrorist acts, and emphasizes
that such support may be provided through trade in oil and refined
oil products, modular refineries and related material with
ISIL,
ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida,
12.
Decides
that Member States shall inform the 1267/1989 Committee within 30
days of the interdiction in their territory of any oil, oil products,
modular refineries, and related material being transferred to or from
ISIL or ANF, and calls
upon
Member States to report to the Committee the outcome of proceedings
brought against individuals and entities as a result of such
activity;
13.
Encourages
the submission of listing requests to the Committee by Member States
of individuals and entities engaged in oil trade-related activities
with ISIL, ANF and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and
entities associated with Al-Qaida and
directs
the 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee to immediately consider
designations of individuals and entities engaged in oil trade-related
activities with ISIL, the ANF and all other individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida
14.
Calls upon
Member States to improve international, regional, and subregional
cooperation, including through increased sharing of information for
the purpose of identifying smuggling routes used by ISIL and ANF, and
for Member States to consider provision of technical assistance and
capacity building to assist other Member States to counter smuggling
of oil and oil products, and modular refineries and related material,
by ISIL, ANF and any other individual, group, undertaking or entity
associated with Al-Qaida;
Cultural
Heritage
14.
Condemns the
destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria particularly by
ISIL and ANF, whether such destruction is incidental or deliberate,
including targeted destruction of religious sites and objects;
15.
Notes with concern that
ISIL, ANF and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida, are generating income from engaging
directly or indirectly in the looting and smuggling of cultural
heritage items from archaeological sites, museums, libraries,
archives, and other sites in Iraq and Syria, which is being used to
support their recruitment efforts and strengthen their operational
capability to organize and carry out terrorist attacks;
16.
Reaffirms
its
decision in paragraph 7 of resolution 1483 (2003) and decides
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 and calls
upon
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, Interpol, and other international organizations, as
appropriate, to assist in the implementation of this paragraph;
Kidnapping
for Ransom and External Donations
17.
Reaffirms
its condemnation of 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 and expresses
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;
18.
Reaffirms
that the requirements of paragraph 1(a) of resolution 2161 (2014)
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, emphasizes
that this obligation applies to ISIL and ANF, and calls
upon
all Member States to encourage private sector partners to adopt or to
follow relevant guidelines and good practices for preventing and
responding to terrorist kidnappings without paying ransom;
19.
Reiterates
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, and reaffirms the
need for all Member States to cooperate closely during incidents of
kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups;
20.
Expresses
its grave concern
of reports that external donations continue to make their way to
ISIL, ANF and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida, and recalls 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;
21.
Stresses that
donations from individuals and entities have played a role in
developing and sustaining ISIL and ANF, and that Member States have
an obligation to ensure that such support is not made available to
those terrorist groups and other individuals, groups, undertakings
and entities associated with Al-Qaida by their nationals and persons
within their territory, and urges Member States to address this
directly through enhanced vigilance of the international financial
system and by working with their non-profit and charitable
organizations to ensure financial flows through charitable giving are
not diverted to ISIL, ANF or any other individuals, groups,
undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida;
Banking
22.
Urges
Member States to take steps to ensure that financial institutions
within their territory prevent ISIL, ANF or other individuals,
groups, undertakings or entities associated with Al-Qaida from
accessing the international financial system;
Arms
and related materiel
23.
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;
24.
Expresses
concern
at the proliferation of all arms and related materiel of all types,
in particular man-portable surface-to-air missiles, to ISIL, ANF and
all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated
with Al-Qaida, and its potential impact on regional and international
peace and security and impeding efforts to combat terrorism in some
cases;
25.
Reminds
Member States of their obligation pursuant to paragraph 1(c) of
resolution 2161 (2014), to prevent the direct or indirect supply,
sale or transfer of arms and related materiel of all types to listed
individuals and entities, including ISIL and ANF;
26.
Calls
upon
all States to consider appropriate measures to prevent the transfer
of all arms and related materiel of all types, in particular
man-portable surface-to-air missiles, if there is a reasonable
suspicion that such arms and related materiel would be obtained by
ISIL, the ANF or other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with Al-Qaida;
Asset
Freeze
27.
Reaffirms
that the requirements in paragraph 1 (a) of Security Council
resolution 2161 apply to financial and economic resources of every
kind, including but not limited to those used for the provision of
Internet hosting or related services, used for the support of
Al-Qaida and other individuals, groups, undertakings or entities
included on the Al-Qaida Sanctions List;
Reporting
28.
Calls upon
Member States to report to the Committee within 120 days on the
measures they have taken to comply with the measures imposed in this
resolution;
29.
Requests the
Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, in close
cooperation with other United Nations counter-terrorism bodies to
conduct an assessment of the impact of these new measures and to
report to the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267
(1999) and 1989
(2011) within 150 days, and thereafter to incorporate reporting
on the impact of these new measures into their reports to the
Committee in order to track progress on implementation, identify
unintended consequences and unexpected challenges, and to help
facilitate further adjustments as required, and further requests the
Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267
(1999) and 1989
(2011) to update the Security Council on the implementation of
this resolution as part of its regular oral reports to the Council on
the state of the overall work of the Committee and the Monitoring
Team,
30.
Decides
to remain actively seized of the matter.
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