In accordance with paragraph 1 (b) of the Guidelines for the application of paragraphs 19 and 23 of resolution 1483 (2003), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) concerning Iraq makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals and entities included in the sanctions list.
Muhammad Yunis Ahmad was listed on 22 June 2005 in connection with the measures contained in paragraph 23 (b) of resolution 1483 (2003).
Muhammad Yunis Ahmad was listed as “According to information available to the Governments of Iraq and the United States, Muhammad Yunis Ahmad served as the Governor of the Al-Muthana Governorate prior to the 1990 Gulf War. After the Gulf War, he was promoted to become a senior Ba’ath Party official in Northern Iraq. Mr. Ahmad is a former Ba’ath Party regional command member and was responsible for party activities in the Salah Ad Din, the Al-Ta’mim and the Al-Sulaymaniyah Governorates. He held this position until the fall of the Saddam regime in 2003.
Mr. Ahmad is also reported to have a close working relationship with Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri, who is listed in the annex to United States Executive Order 13315 and placed as number six (IQi.006) on this list, and who allegedly served as his second in-command. Following the Coalition Provisional Authority’s disestablishment of the Iraqi Ba’ath Party after Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Party began to reconstitute itself under a new leadership. According to information available to the Governments of Iraq and the United States, the reconstituted Iraqi Ba’ath Party was allegedly operating with Mr. Al-Duri as the head of the Party and Mr. Ahmad as his deputy. Recently he was elected General Secretary of the reconstituted Ba’ath Party. Iraqi and United States Government information also indicates that Mr. Al-Duri headed the military wing of an anti-Coalition group formed after the fall of the Saddam regime, while Mr. Ahmad ran the political wing of the group”.