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

FACT SHEET ON LISTING

This fact sheet provides basic information on the listing procedure.
Section 6 of the Committee's guidelines sets out the procedures for the submission of listing requests and other listing issues.
Under these provisions, Member States are encouraged to establish a national mechanism or procedure to identify and assess appropriate candidates to propose to the Committee for listing. A criminal charge or conviction is not necessary for inclusion on the Consolidated List as the sanctions are intended to be preventive in nature.
In paragraph 9 of resolution 1822 (2008), the Security Council encouraged all Member States to submit names for inclusion on the Consolidated List. Members States have an important role to play in making the Consolidated List as relevant and effective as possible.
Member States are encouraged to submit names for listing as soon as they gather supporting evidence of association by the individual or entity concerned with Al-Qaida and/or the Taliban. The Committee will consider proposed listings on the basis of the "associated with" standard described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 1617 (2005) and as reaffirmed in resolution 1822 (2008).
Before proposing names for addition to the Consolidated List and if appropriate, Member States are encouraged to approach the State(s) of residence and/or citizenship of the individual or entity concerned to seek additional information. When submitting the names of groups, undertakings and/or entities, Member States are also encouraged, if they deem it appropriate, to propose the names of the individuals responsible for the decisions of the group, undertaking and/or entity concerned for listing at the same time.
In accordance with paragraph 4 of resolution 1617 (2005) as reiterated in paragraph 5 of resolution 1735 (2006) and as reaffirmed in paragraph 12 of resolution 1822 (2008), Member States also need to provide a detailed statement of case in support of the proposed listing. The statement of case should provide as much detail as possible on the basis(es) or justification for the listing, including:

specific findings demonstrating the association or activities alleged;
the nature of the supporting evidence (e.g., intelligence, law enforcement, judicial, media, admissions by subject, etc.);
supporting evidence or documents that can be supplied; and
the details of any connection with a currently listed individual or entity.

When proposing names, Member States are requested under paragraph 14 of resolution 1822 (2008) to provide the Committee with as much relevant information as possible on the proposed name, in particular sufficient identifying information to allow for the positive identification of the listed parties by Member States.
In accordance with paragraph 12 of resolution 1822 (2008), States also need to identify those parts of the statement of case that may be publicly released, including for use by the Committee for development of the summary described in paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) or for the purpose of notifying or informing the listed individual or entity, and those parts which may be released upon request to interested Member States.
In paragraph 14 of resolution 1822 (2008), the Security Council called upon Member States to use the cover sheet in Annex I of resolution 1735 (2006) when proposing names for listing. States are also encouraged to use the cover sheet for the submission of identifying information on all the names on the List.
The Committee considers listing requests 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.
If a proposal for listing is not approved within the Committee’s decision-making period of 5 working days (or in urgent situations, such shorter period as the Chairman shall determine) as set out in Section 3, paragraph (b) of the Guidelines, the Committee will provide feedback to the submitting State on the status of the request.
Once a listing request has been approved, the Consolidated List is updated accordingly. More information on this updating process can be found in a separate Fact Sheet.
In accordance with paragraph 15 of resolution 1822 (2008), after publication but within one week after a name is added to the Consolidated List, the Secretariat notifies 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) the listing of such individual or entity. The Secretariat includes with this notification, a copy of the publicly releasable portion of the statement of case, a description of the effects of designation, the Committee’s procedures for considering de-listing requests, and the provisions for available exemptions.
Under paragraph 17 of resolution 1822 (2008), Member States receiving such notification are required to take, in accordance with their domestic laws and practices, all possible measures to notify or inform in a timely manner, the individuals and entities on the Consolidated List of the measures imposed on them, any information on reasons for listing available on the Committee’s website, as well as all the information provided by the Secretariat in the above-mentioned notification.
Also, unless the Committee decides otherwise, any new entry to the Consolidated List will be transmitted to Interpol to request, where feasible, the issuance of an Interpol-United Nations Security Council Special Notice.
Any Member State requiring further assistance on this issue may contact the Committee’s Secretariat through the Committee’s e-mail at: SC-1267-Committee@un.org or fax: +1 212 963 1300.

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