UN Security Council Sanctions Committees


Focal Point for De-listing established pursuant to Security Council
resolution 1730 (2006)

Focal Point for De-listing

As part of its commitment to ensure that fair and clear procedures exist for placing individuals and entities on sanctions lists and for removing them, as well as for granting humanitarian exemptions, the Security Council, on 19 December 2006, adopted resolution 1730 (2006) by which the Council requested the Secretary-General to establish within the Secretariat (Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch), a focal point to receive de-listing requests and perform the tasks described in the annex to that resolution.

Petitioners seeking to submit a request for de-listing can now do so either through the focal point process outlined in resolution 1730 (2006) and its annex or through their State of residence or citizenship. By letter of 30 March 2007 the Secretary-General informed the President of the Security Council that the focal point for de-listing had been established and provided the contact details. The Focal Point can be contacted at this address:

Focal Point for De-listing
Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch
Room S-3055-E
United Nations
New York, N.Y. 10017
United States of America
Tel. +1 917 367 9448
Fax. +1 212 963 1300/3778
Email: delisting@un.org

Pursuant to footnote 1 of the annex to resolution 1730 (2006) a State can decide, that as a rule, its citizens or residents should address their 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.

The following States have submitted declarations in accordance with resolution 1730 (2006) and citizens or residents of these countries should therefore submit de-listing requests directly to the focal point for de-listing:

France

As of 3 October 2008, statistics relating to the focal point process are as follows:

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

Total number of de-listing requests received by the Focal Point: 10 (including a request from one individual together with 12 entities; a second request from one individual)

Of those, number of de-listing requests that have been processed completely: 7 (including a request from one individual together with 12 entities); and number of de-listing requests that are still in process: 3 (including a second request from one individual)

Of the seven de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities de-listed by the Committee: 2 individuals and 12 entities

Of the seven de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities that remain on the List: 5 individuals

List of Individuals and List of Entities maintained by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003)

Total number of de-listing requests received by the Focal Point: 1 (one individual together with 1 entity)

This de-listing request is still in process.

Travel Ban List and Assets Freeze List maintained by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia

Total number of de-listing requests received by the Focal Point: 15 (including second requests from two individuals)

Of those, number of de-listing requests that have been processed completely: 7 (including a second request from one individual); and number of de-listing requests that are still in process: 8 (including a second request from one individual)

Of the seven de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities de-listed by the Committee: 2 individuals

Of the seven de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities that remain on the Lists: 4 individuals

Consolidated List maintained by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Total number of de-listing requests received by the Focal Point: 4 (including a request from one individual together with 2 entities)

Of those, number of de-listing requests that have been processed completely: 4 (including a request from one individual together with 2 entities)

Of the four de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities de-listed by the Committee: 1 individual

Of the four de-listing requests that have been processed completely, number of individuals and/or entities that remain on the List: 1 individual and 4 entities

S/RES/1730 (2006) 19 December 2006 Establishes a focal point within the Secretariat (Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch) to receive de-listing requests and directs the relevant sanctions committees to revise their guidelines accordingly (paras 1 & 2)

S/2007/178 30 March 2007 Letter dated 30 March 2007 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (Contact details for the Focal Point for De-listing)

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