The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 15 October 1999 is also known as "the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee".
The sanctions regime has been modified and strengthened by subsequent resolutions, including resolutions 1333 (2000), 1390 (2002), 1455 (2003), 1526 (2004), 1617 (2005), 1735 (2006) and 1822 (2008) so that the sanctions now cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and/or the Taliban wherever located. The targeted individuals and entities are placed on the Consolidated List.
These resolutions have all been adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and require all States to take the following measures in connection with any individual or entity associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and/or the Taliban as designated by the Committee:
- freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities [assets freeze],
- prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by designated individuals
[travel ban], and - prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer 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, spare parts, and technical advice, assistance, or training related to military activities, to designated individuals and entities [arms embargo].
The current Chairman of the Committee, for the period ending 31 December 2008, is His Excellency Mr. Jan Grauls (Belgium). The two Vice-Chairs for 2008 are Burkina Faso and Russian Federation. This site contains general information on the work of the Committee as well as a latest news section. The Committee has guidelines for the conduct of its work. You can also find fact sheets providing basic information on the listing and de-listing procedures as well as on the assets freeze and travel ban exemptions. The Committee publishes annual reports of its activities and the Chairman of the Committee briefs the Security Council regularly. The Secretariat of the Committee can be contacted by email at: SC-1267-Committee@un.org.The Committee is supported by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team whose reports can be found here. The Team can be contacted by email at: 1267mt@un.org.
The Committee is one of three subsidiary bodies established by the Security Council that deal with terrorism related issues. The other two committees are the Counter-Terrorism Committee (the “CTC”) (more information about the CTC is available on its website) and the 1540 Committee (more information about this Committee is available on its website).
The three Committees and their experts coordinate their work and cooperate closely and also brief the Security Council on their activities in joint meetings, when possible.
More information on United Nations counter-terrorism activities and other existing counter-terrorism resources can also be found in the UN Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook, available through the UN system.
In addition, cooperation between the Committee and Interpol resulted in an important initiative to assist Member States in identifying the individuals on the Consolidated List through the issuance of Interpol-United Nations Security Council Special Notices, which were launched in December 2005.