Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities

FACT SHEET ON DE-LISTING

1. This fact sheet provides basic information on the de-listing process.
2. Section 7 of the Committee’s guidelines sets out the procedures for the submission of de-listing requests.
3. It provides that, without prejudice to available procedures, any individual(s), groups, undertakings, and/or entities on the Consolidated List, may submit a petition for de-listing. In the de-listing submission, the petitioner needs to provide justification for the de-listing request, offer relevant information and request support for the de-listing.
4. A petitioner can submit a request for de-listing either directly to the Focal Point as outlined in the annex to resolution 1730 (2006) and in Section 7, paragraph (g) of the Guidelines, or through his/her State of residence or citizenship as outlined in Section 7, paragraph (h) of the Guidelines. A standard form for the submission of de-listing requests can be found in the de-listing section of the Committee's website.
5. A State can decide that, as a rule, the petitioner should address the de-listing requests directly to the Focal Point. The State will do so by a declaration addressed to the Chairman of the Committee that will be published on the Committee’s website. Such declarations can be found on the "Focal Point for De-listing page".
6. The contact details for the focal point are as follows:

7. In paragraph 14 of resolution 1735 (2006), the Security Council decided that the Committee, in determining whether to remove names from the Consolidated List, may consider, among other things:
1. whether the individual or entity was placed on the Consolidated List due to a mistake of identity, or
2. whether the individual or entity no longer meets the criteria set out in relevant resolutions, in particular resolutions 1617 (2005) and 1822 (2008);

8. The Committee will consider submissions from any UN Member State for the removal of the names of deceased individuals from the Consolidated List on a case-by-case basis under the procedures described in note verbale SCA/2/06(8) dated 25 April 2006.
9. The Committee considers delisting requests that have been brought to its attention and reaches its decisions by the consensus of its 15 Members, in accordance with its usual decision-making process as set out in the Committee’s Guidelines.
10. Under paragraph 23 of resolution 1822 (2008), within one week after a name is removed from the Consolidated List, the Secretariat will notify the Permanent Mission of the country or countries where the individual or entity is believed to be located and, in the case of individuals, the country of which the person is a national (to the extent this information is known). States receiving such notification are required to take measures, in accordance with their domestic laws and practices, to notify or inform the concerned individual or entity of the delisting in a timely manner.
11. For further assistance on this issue, please contact the Committee’s Secretariat through the Committee’s e-mail at: SC-1267-Committee@un.org or fax: +1 212 963 1300.