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SUBJECT: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO 
RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING TEAM 
 
¶1. (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing on points in 
paragraph 6, Security Council action addressees are 
requested to seek host government support at the highest 
appropriate level for the draft resolution in paragraph 
7 below.  USUN distributed the text to Security Council 
delegations on June 16 and held two negotiating sessions 
June 17 and 18.  A revised draft based on these 
discussions was distributed on June 20. 
 
BACKGROUND 
 
¶2. (SBU) The draft resolution is the follow-on to 
resolution 1735 (2006) and is intended to guide the work 
over the next eighteen months of the UN Security Council 
committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1267 concerning 
al-Qaida and the Taliban (1267 Committee).  The 
resolution will also extend for another 18 months the 
mandate of the 1267 Committee's Monitoring Team, which 
provides analytical support to the Council on 
implementation of the resolution.  The 1267 sanctions 
regime, which requires states to impose an asset freeze, 
travel ban, and arms embargo on individuals and entities 
found by the Council or its 1267 Committee to be 
associated with al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the 
Taliban, is one of the international community's most 
important multilateral counterterrorism tools. 
 
¶3. (SBU) In 2006, in reaction to concerns about alleged 
flaws in the imposition of Security Council sanctions 
against individuals and entities, the United States 
successfully championed the adoption of several measures 
to enhance fairness in the implementation of the 1267 
sanctions regime.  In resolution 1730, the Council 
adopted a U.S.-French proposal to establish a focal 
point at the UN to receive de-listing petitions directly 
from individuals/entities designated pursuant to any of 
the Council's sanctions regimes.  Resolution 1735 
included a number of further measures to improve clarity 
and consistency in the 1267 Committee's listing and 
delisting procedures, as well as improving the accuracy 
of the list of designees.  Nonetheless, concerns about 
the fairness of the process persist, although several 
states exploit these concerns as a means to oppose 
further sanctions. 
 
¶4. (SBU) South Africa, Indonesia, Libya and Costa Rica 
have been among the most vocal delegations on the 
Security Council calling for the development of more 
"fair and clear procedures" for use in imposing 
sanctions against individuals and entities under the 
1267 regime.  Separately, human rights advocates 
increasingly allege that the regime violates fundamental 
human rights by indefinitely imposing restrictive 
measures on individuals -- including the right to 
property and freedom of movement -- without ensuring 
corresponding safeguards against wrongful sanctioning, 
such as the right to be heard, to know the charges, and 
to seek an independent judicial review of those charges. 
Several European countries, most recently the UK, have 
faced domestic legal challenges from sanctioned 
individuals, and the European Court of Justice is 
expected to rule by early fall in two cases on whether 
the European Community's legal mechanism for 
implementing the asset freeze required by the 1267 
sanctions regime violates European human rights 
standards.  A negative decision could put at risk the 
entire legal basis for the EU's asset freeze mechanism, 
as used to comply with UNSCRs.  This could prevent EU 
states, at least in the short term, from complying with 
their obligations under 1267 and pose a significant 
threat to the longer-term viability of the Security 
Council's twelve targeted sanctions regimes.  These 
concerns and allegations persist despite the substantial 
and comprehensive review of each proposed listing by the 
United States and other delegations prior to deciding to 
impose sanctions under 1267. 
 
OBJECTIVES 
 
¶5. (SBU) We want to remind UN Member States that we 
continue to take seriously calls to increase fairness 
and transparency in 1267 listings and de-listings. 
Therefore, in addition to urging greater implementation 
of existing fairness and transparency procedures in the 
1267 sanctions regime, we have also included in the 
draft resolution a series of additional measures 
intended to address criticism that the Council's 
decisions on sanctions are opaque and that its 
procedures for placing individuals on and removing them 
from the 1267 sanctions list are neither fair nor clear. 
However, we also want to underscore that the 1267 
sanctions regime was created to address the threat posed 
by al-Qaida and the Taliban, a threat which persists, 
and therefore we believe the Council's focus should be 
taking action to address this threat.  The draft also 
renews for a further period of 18 months the mandate of 
the Analytical Support and Sanctions Implementation 
Monitoring Team ("Monitoring Team"), which reports to 
the Committee on the implementation of the sanctions 
regime. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Action addressees may draw from the following 
points to urge host country support for the draft 
resolution: 
 
- We would like your support for our draft resolution to 
improve the 1267 sanctions regime and to extend the 
mandate of the 1267 Monitoring Team.  [Note: The current 
mandate expires June 30, 2008.] 
 
- As you may know, this important subject is under 
discussion by Security Council delegations in New York. 
based on negotiations conducted during the week of june 
16, we have distributed a revised draft and look forward 
to your positive review. 
 
- The resolution is designed to achieve two objectives. 
The first is to demonstrate the Council's continued 
commitment to addressing the threat to international 
peace and security posed by al-Qaida and the Taliban. 
The second is to demonstrate that the Council continues 
to take seriously the need for the sanctions regime to 
employ fair and clear procedures.  We want UN Member 
States to know that this is a collective effort. 
 
- On the issue of procedures, as you know, Council 
delegations approach targeted sanctions in a 
conscientious and comprehensive way: For example, in 
Washington, we have stringent standards for vetting 
requests to add and remove people from sanctions lists, 
and the fullest consideration is given to all requests 
that come before the Committees. 
 
- We share your concern about ensuring the credibility 
of the Security Council's sanctions decisions.  As 
emphasized in the 2005 UN Summit Outcome Document, 
sanctions remain an important and measured tool for the 
maintenance of international peace and security.  We 
have to make targeted sanctions work.  We are committed 
to better implementing existing procedures as well as 
further improving the 1267 Committee's procedures, and 
have introduced a series of new measures in the draft 
resolution to that end.  These new measures include: 
 
Requiring states that submit requests for sanctions to 
include information explaining the basis for designation 
that can be released to the public, which should help 
improve transparency of the Committee's decisions; 
 
Including a summary of the reasons for listing a party 
on the 1267 Committee's website, which will also improve 
transparency; 
 
Requiring states to take measures to notify parties of 
their listing or delisting, including the basis for 
designation, the effect of the sanctions, and the 
procedures for licensing requests and petitioning for 
delisting; and 
 
Modifying the Committee's procedures for reviewing names 
on the Consolidated List by creating an automatic review 
process. 
 
-       We have also proposed using the draft resolution to 
emphasize the importance of the focal point for 
delisting and to urge relevant states to take an active 
role in considering any delisting petitions. 
 
- It is important, however, that the text strike a 
careful balance between enhancing the regime's 
procedures and addressing the strategic threat posed by 
al-Qaida and the Taliban, which is what the regime was 
designed to address.  We believe taking action to 
counter this threat must remain the regime's key focus. 
 
- We look forward to your support for these initiatives. 
We believe the 1267 sanctions regime is a key 
multilateral tool for advancing our shared counter- 
terrorism objectives and welcome continued dialogue on 
this important subject. 
 
¶7. (SBU) Begin draft text: 
 
The Security Council, 
 
Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1363 
(2001), 1373 (2001), 1390 (2002), 1452 (2002), 1455 
(2003), 1526 (2004), 1566 (2004), 1617 (2005), 1624 
(2005), 1699 (2006), 1730 (2006), and 1735 (2006), and 
the relevant statements of its President, 
 
Reaffirming that terrorism in all its forms and 
manifestations constitutes one of the most serious 
threats to peace and security and that any acts of 
terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of 
their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed, 
and reiterating its unequivocal condemnation of Al- 
Qaida, Usama bin Laden, the Taliban, and other 
individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities 
associated with them, for ongoing and multiple criminal 
terrorist acts aimed at causing the death of innocent 
civilians and other victims, destruction of property and 
greatly undermining stability, 
 
Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in 
accordance with the charter of the united nations and 
international law, including applicable international 
human rights, refugee, and humanitarian law, threats to 
international peace and security caused by terrorist 
acts, stressing in this regard the important role the 
united nations plays in leading and coordinating this 
effort, and underscoring the central role of the united 
nations in the global fight against terrorism and 
welcoming the adoption by the general assembly of the 
united nations global counter-terrorism strategy 
(a/60/288) of 8 september 2006 and the creation of the 
counter-terrorism implementation task force (ctitf) to 
ensure overall coordination and coherence in the 
counter-terrorism efforts of the united nations system, 
 
Expressing its deep concern about the increased violent 
and terrorist activities in Afghanistan of the Taliban 
and Al-Qaida and other individuals, groups, undertakings 
and entities associated with them, 
 
Expressing its deep concern about criminal misuse of the 
Internet by Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, 
and other individuals, groups, undertakings, and 
entities associated with them, in furtherance of 
terrorist acts, 
 
Stressing that terrorism can only be defeated by a 
sustained and comprehensive approach involving the 
active participation and collaboration of all States, 
and international and regional organizations to impede, 
impair, isolate, and incapacitate the terrorist threat, 
 
Emphasizing that sanctions are an important tool under 
the Charter of the United Nations in the maintenance and 
restoration of international peace and security, and 
stressing in this regard the need for robust 
implementation of the measures in paragraph 1 of this 
resolution as a significant tool in combating terrorist 
activity, 
 
Urging all Member States, international bodies, and 
regional organizations to allocate sufficient resources 
to meet the ongoing and direct threat posed by Al-Qaida, 
Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, and other individuals, 
groups, undertakings, and entities associated with them, 
including by participating actively in identifying which 
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities should be 
subject to the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of 
this resolution, 
 
Reiterating that dialogue between the Committee 
established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) ("the 
Committee") and Member States is vital to the full 
implementation of the measures, 
 
Taking note of challenges to measures implemented by 
Member States in accordance with the measures referred 
to in paragraph 1 of this resolution and recognizing 
efforts of Member States and the Committee 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, 
 
Emphasizing the obligation placed upon all Member States 
to implement, in full, resolution 1373 (2001), including 
with regard to the Taliban or Al-Qaida, and any 
individuals, groups, undertakings or entities associated 
with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban, who have 
participated in financing, planning, facilitating, 
recruiting for, preparing, perpetrating, or otherwise 
supporting terrorist activities or acts, as well as to 
facilitate the implementation of counter-terrorism 
obligations in accordance with relevant Security Council 
resolutions, 
 
Welcoming the establishment by the Secretary General 
pursuant to resolution 1730 (2006) of the Focal Point 
within the Secretariat to receive delisting requests, 
and taking note with appreciation of the ongoing 
cooperation between the Focal Point and the Committee, 
 
Reiterating that the measures referred to in paragraph 1 
below, are preventative in nature and are not reliant 
upon criminal standards set out under national law, 
 
Welcoming the continuing cooperation of the Committee 
and Interpol, in particular on the development of 
Special Notices, which assist Member States in their 
implementation of the measures, and recognizing the role 
of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Implementation 
Monitoring Team ("the Monitoring Team") in this regard, 
and welcoming the continuing cooperation of the 
Committee with the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, in 
particular on technical assistance and capacity 
building, to assist Member States in implementing their 
obligations under this and other relevant resolutions 
and international instruments, 
 
Noting with concern the continued threat posed to 
international peace and security by Al-Qaida, Usama bin 
Laden and the Taliban, and other individuals, groups, 
undertakings and entities associated with them, and 
reaffirming its resolve to address all aspects of that 
threat, 
 
ACTING UNDER CHAPTER VII OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS, 
 
Measures 
 
¶1.  Decides that all States shall take the measures as 
previously imposed by paragraph 4(b) of resolution 1267 
(1999), paragraph 8(c) of resolution 1333 (2000), and 
paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002), with 
respect to Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, 
and other individuals, groups, undertakings, and 
entities associated with them, as referred to in the 
list created pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 
1333 (2000) (the "Consolidated List"): 
 
(a) Freeze without delay the funds and other financial 
assets or economic resources of these individuals, 
groups, undertakings and entities, including funds 
derived from property owned or controlled directly or 
indirectly, by them or by persons acting on their behalf 
or at their direction, and ensure that neither these nor 
any other funds, financial assets or economic resources 
are made available, directly or indirectly for such 
persons' benefit, or by their nationals or by persons 
within their territory; 
(b) Prevent the entry into or transit through their 
territories of these individuals, provided that nothing 
in this paragraph shall oblige any State to deny entry 
or require the departure from its territories of its own 
nationals and this paragraph shall not apply where entry 
or transit is necessary for the fulfillment of a 
judicial process or the Committee determines on a case- 
by-case basis only that entry or transit is justified; 
(c) Prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale, or 
transfer, to these individuals, groups, undertakings and 
entities 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 
including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and 
equipment paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for 
the aforementioned and technical advice, assistance, or 
training related to military activities; 
 
¶2.  Confirms that the requirements in paragraph 1(a) of 
this resolution apply to financial and economic 
resources of every kind, including but not limited to 
those used for the provision of Internet hosting or 
related services, used for the support of Al-Qaida, 
Usama bin Laden, and the Taliban and other individuals, 
groups, undertakings; or entities associated with them; 
 
¶3.  Reaffirms the provisions regarding available 
exemptions to the measures in paragraph 1(a) above, set 
out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1452 (2002), as 
amended by resolution 1735 (2006); 
 
¶4.  Decides that States may permit the addition to 
accounts frozen pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 
1 above of any payment in favor of listed individuals, 
groups, undertakings or entities, provided that any such 
payments continue to be subject to the provisions in 
paragraph 1 and are frozen; 
¶5.  Reaffirms that acts or activities indicating that an 
individual, group, undertaking, or entity is "associated 
with" Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban include: 
 
(a) participating in the financing, planning, 
facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or 
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, 
on behalf of, or in support of; 
 
(b) supplying, selling or transferring arms and related 
materiel to; 
 
(c) recruiting for; or 
 
(d) otherwise supporting acts or activities of;Al-Qaida, 
Usama bin Laden or the Taliban, or any cell, affiliate, 
splinter group or derivative thereof; 
 
¶6.      Further reaffirms that any undertaking or entity 
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by, or 
otherwise supporting, such an individual, group, 
undertaking or entity associated with Al-Qaida, Usama 
bin Laden or the Taliban shall be eligible for 
designation; 
 
¶7.      Urges all Member States, in their implementation of 
the measures set out in paragraph 1 above, to ensure 
that fraudulent, counterfeit, stolen and lost passports 
and other travel documents are invalidated and removed 
from circulation, in accordance with domestic laws and 
practices, as soon as possible, and to share information 
on those documents with other Member States through the 
Interpol database; 
¶8.      Encourages Member States to share, in accordance with 
their domestic laws and practices, with the private 
sector information in their national databases related 
to fraudulent, counterfeit, stolen, and lost identity 
documents pertaining to their own jurisdictions, and, if 
a listed party is found to be using a false identity 
including to secure credit or fraudulent travel 
documents, to provide the Committee with information in 
this regard; 
 
¶9.      Reiterates the obligation of all Member States to 
implement and enforce the measures set out in paragraph 
1 above, and urges all States to redouble their efforts 
in this regard; 
¶10.     Encourages States to continue their efforts to act 
vigorously and decisively to cut the flow of funds and 
other financial assets and economic resources to al- 
Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban and other 
individuals, group, undertakings and entities associated 
with them; 
Listing 
¶11.     Encourages all Member States to submit to the 
Committee for inclusion on the Consolidated List names 
of individuals and entities participating, by any means, 
in the financing or support of acts or activities of Al- 
Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, and other 
individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities 
associated with them, as described in paragraph 2 of 
resolution 1617 (2005) and reaffirmed in paragraph 5 
above; 
¶12.     Notes that such means of financing or support 
include but are not limited to the use of proceeds 
derived from illicit cultivation, production, and 
trafficking of narcotic drugs originating in 
Afghanistan, and their precursors; 
¶13.     Reiterates its call for continued cooperation 
between the Committee and the Government of Afghanistan 
and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 
(UNAMA), as noted in paragraph 30 of resolution 1806 
(2008), including by identifying individuals and 
entities participating in the financing or support of 
acts or activities of al-Qaida and the Taliban using 
proceeds derived from the illicit cultivation, 
production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their 
precursors; 
 
¶14.     Encourages Member States to use the cover sheet 
annexed to resolution 1735, and directs the Committee to 
update it in line with the provisions outlined in 
paragraph 15; 
 
¶15.      Reaffirms that, when proposing names to the 
committee for inclusion on the consolidated list, states 
shall act in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 
1735 (2006) and provide a detailed statement of case, 
and decides further that for each such proposal states 
shall 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 16 below or for the purpose of notifying the 
listed individual or entity, and those parts which may 
be released upon request to interested states; 
 
¶16.     Directs the Committee, with the assistance of the 
Monitoring Team, after a name is added to the 
Consolidated List, to make accessible on the Committee's 
website a narrative summary of reasons for listing for 
the corresponding entry or entries on the Consolidated 
List, and further directs the Committee, with the 
assistance of the Monitoring Team and in coordination 
with the relevant designating States, to make efforts to 
place on the Committee's website narrative summaries of 
reasons for listing for entries that were added to the 
Consolidated List before the date of adoption of this 
resolution; 
¶17.     Decides that the Secretariat shall, after 
publication but within one week after a name is added to 
the Consolidated List, 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) in 
accordance with paragraph 10 of resolution 1735 (2006); 
¶18.     Underlines the need for the prompt update of the 
Consolidated List on the Committee's website and calls 
upon the Secretary General to provide continuing 
adequate Secretariat support, within existing resources, 
to the Committee in this regard; 
¶19.     Decides that States receiving notification as in 
paragraph 17 shall take measures in a timely manner, in 
accordance with their domestic laws and practices, to 
notify or inform the listed individual or entity of the 
designation and to include with this notification a copy 
of the publicly releasable portion of the statement of 
case, a description of the effects of designation, as 
provided in the relevant resolutions, the Committee's 
procedures for considering delisting requests, and the 
provisions of resolution 1452 (2002) regarding available 
exemptions; 
 
¶20.     Calls upon States receiving notification as in 
paragraph 17 to report within 60 days to the Committee 
on steps they have taken to implement the measures set 
out in paragraph 1 with respect to the additions to the 
Consolidated List referred to in paragraph 17, including 
the amount of funds, financial assets and economic 
resources frozen; 
 
Delisting 
¶21.     Welcomes establishment, within the Secretariat, of 
the Focal Point for De-listing pursuant to resolution 
1730 (2006) that provides listed individuals, groups, 
undertakings or entities with the option to submit a 
petition for de-listing directly to the Focal Point; 
¶22.     Urges designating States and States of citizenship 
and residence to review de-listing petitions received 
through the Focal Point, in accordance with the 
procedures outlined in the annex to resolution 1730 
(2006), in a timely manner and to indicate whether they 
support or oppose the request in order to facilitate the 
Committee's review; 
¶23.     Directs the Committee to continue to work, in 
accordance with its guidelines, to consider petitions 
for the removal from the Consolidated List of members 
and/or associates of the Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden, the 
Taliban  who no longer meet the criteria established in 
the relevant resolutions; 
¶24.     Directs the Committee to consider on a semi-annual 
basis the removal from the Consolidated List of 
individuals reported to be deceased; 
 
¶25.     Decides that the Secretariat shall, within one week 
after a name is removed from the Consolidated List, 
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); and further decides that States receiving 
such notification shall 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; 
 
Review & Maintenance of the Consolidated List 
¶26.     Directs the Committee to conduct an annual review 
of all names on the Consolidated List that have not been 
updated or reviewed in four or more years, in which the 
relevant names are circulated to the designating states 
and states of residence and/or citizenship, where known, 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Committee 
guidelines, in order to ensure the Consolidated List is 
as updated and accurate as possible; 
¶27.     Encourages all Member States, in particular 
designating states and states of residence or 
nationality, to submit to the Committee additional 
identifying and other information, along with supporting 
documentation, on listed individuals and entities, 
including updates on the operating status of listed 
entities, the movement, incarceration or death of listed 
individuals and other significant events, as such 
information becomes available; 
Measures Implementation 
¶28.     Reiterates the importance of all States 
identifying, and if necessary introducing, adequate 
procedures to implement fully all aspects of the 
measures described in paragraph 1 of this resolution; 
¶29.     Directs the committee to invite interested member 
states to address the committee on their efforts to 
implement the measures referred to in paragraph 1 above, 
including particular challenges that hinder full 
implementation of the measures; 
 
¶30.     Requests the Committee to report to the Council on 
its findings regarding Member States' implementation 
efforts, to offer recommendations on how to address 
challenges to implementation, and identify steps 
necessary to improve implementation; 
 
¶31.     Directs the Committee to identify possible cases of 
non-compliance with the measures pursuant to paragraph 1 
of this resolution and to determine the appropriate 
course of action  on each case, and requests the 
Chairman, in periodic reports to the Council pursuant to 
paragraph 35 below, to provide progress reports on the 
Committee's work on this issue; 
¶32.     Calls upon all States to submit an updated report 
to the Committee no later than 120 days from adoption of 
this resolution on all steps taken to implement the 
measures referred to in paragraph 1 above and all 
related investigations and enforcement actions, 
including a comprehensive summary of frozen assets of 
listed individuals and entities within Member State 
territories, unless to do so would compromise 
investigations or enforcement actions; 
 
Coordination and Outreach 
 
¶33.     Reiterates the need to enhance ongoing cooperation 
among the Committee, the Counter Terrorism Committee 
(CTC), and the Committee established pursuant to 
resolution 1540 (2004), as well as their respective 
groups of experts, including through, as appropriate, 
enhanced information sharing, coordination on visits to 
countries within their respective mandates, on 
technical assistance, on relations with international 
and regional organizations and agencies, and on other 
issues of relevance to all three committees, and 
expresses its intention to provide guidance to the 
committees on areas of common interest in order better 
to coordinate their efforts; 
 
¶34.  Encourages the Monitoring Team, and the U.N. Office 
on Drugs and Crime, to continue to assist Member States 
to comply with their obligations under the relevant 
resolutions; 
¶35.     Requests the Committee to report orally, through its 
Chairman, at least every 180 days to the Council on the 
overall work of the Committee and the Analytical Support 
and Sanctions Monitoring Team ("Monitoring Team"), and, 
as appropriate, in conjunction with the reports by the 
Chairmen of the CTC and the Committee established 
pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), including briefings 
for all interested Member States; 
¶36.     Encourages Member States to send representatives to 
meet the Committee for more in-depth discussion of 
relevant issues; 
 
¶37.     Directs the Committee, as a matter of priority, to 
review its guidelines with respect to the provisions of 
this resolution, in particular paragraphs 4, 15, 16, 17, 
19, 24, 25 and 26 above; 
Monitoring Team 
¶38.      Decides, in order to assist the Committee in the 
fulfillment of its mandate, to extend the mandate of the 
current New York-based Monitoring Team, appointed by the 
Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 20 of resolution 
1617 (2005), for a further period of 18 months, under 
the direction of the Committee with the responsibilities 
outlined in Annex 1, and requests the Secretary-General 
to make the necessary arrangements to this effect; 
Reviews 
¶39.      Decides to review the measures described in 
paragraph 1 of this resolution with a view to their 
possible further strengthening in 18 months, or sooner 
if necessary; 
¶40.      Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. 
 
Annex I 
In accordance with paragraph 38 of this resolution, the 
Monitoring Team shall operate under the direction of the 
Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) 
and shall have the following responsibilities: 
 
(a) To submit, in writing, two comprehensive, 
independent reports to the Committee, one by 28 February 
2009 and the second by 31 July 2009, on implementation 
by States of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of 
this resolution, including specific recommendations for 
improved implementation of the measures and possible new 
measures; 
 
(b) To analyze reports submitted pursuant to paragraph 
32 above and paragraph 6 of resolution 1455 (2003), the 
checklists submitted pursuant to paragraph 10 of 
resolution 1617 (2005), and other information submitted 
by Member States to the Committee as instructed by the 
Committee; 
(c) To assist the Committee in following-up on requests 
to Member States for information, including with respect 
to implementation of the measures referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this resolution; 
(d) To submit a comprehensive program of work to the 
Committee for its review and approval, as necessary, in 
which the Monitoring Team should detail the activities, 
envisaged in order to fulfill its responsibilities, 
including proposed travel, based on close coordination 
with the CTC's Executive Directorate ("CTED") and the 
1540 Committee's group of experts to avoid duplication 
and reinforce synergies; 
(e) To work closely and share information with CTED and 
the 1540 Committee's group of experts to identify areas 
of convergence and overlap and to help facilitate 
concrete coordination, including in the area of 
reporting, among the three Committees; 
(f)  To participate actively in and support all relevant 
activities under the United Nations Global Counter- 
Terrorism Strategy including with in the Counter- 
Terrorism Implementation Task Force to ensure overall 
coordination and coherence in the counter-terrorism 
efforts of the United Nations system; 
(g) To assist the Committee with its analysis of non- 
compliance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 
of this resolution by collating information collected 
from Member States and submitting case studies, both on 
its own initiative and upon the Committee's request, to 
the Committee for its review; 
(h) To present to the Committee recommendations, which 
could be used by member States to assist them with the 
implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 
1 of this resolution and in preparing proposed additions 
to the Consolidated List; 
(i) To assist the Committee in compiling publicly 
releasable information referred to in paragraph 16; 
(j) To consult with Member States in advance of travel 
to selected Member States, based on its program of work 
as approved by the Committee; 
(k) To encourage Member States to submit names and 
additional identifying information for inclusion on the 
Consolidated List, as instructed by the Committee; 
(l) To present to the Committee additional identifying 
and other information to assist the Committee in its 
efforts to keep the Consolidated List as updated and 
accurate as possible; 
(m) To study and report to the Committee on the changing 
nature of the threat of Al-Qaida and the Taliban and the 
best measures to confront it, including by developing a 
dialogue with relevant scholars and academic bodies, in 
consultation with the Committee; 
(n) To collate, assess, monitor and report on and make 
recommendations regarding implementation of the 
measures, including implementation of the measure in 
paragraph 1(a) of this resolution as it pertains to 
preventing the criminal misuse of the Internet by Al- 
Qaida, Usama bin Laden, and the Taliban and other 
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities 
associated with them; to pursue case studies, as 
appropriate; and to explore in depth any other relevant 
issues as directed by the Committee; 
(o) To consult with Member States and other relevant 
organizations, including regular dialogue with 
representatives in New York and in capitals, taking into 
account their comments, especially regarding any issues 
that might be contained in the Monitoring Team's reports 
referred to in paragraph (a) of this Annex; 
(p) To consult with Member States' intelligence and 
security services, including through regional fora, in 
order to facilitate the sharing of information and to 
strengthen enforcement of the measures; 
(q) To consult with relevant representatives of the 
private sector, including financial institutions, to 
learn about the practical implementation of the assets 
freeze and to develop recommendations for the 
strengthening of that measure; 
(r) To work with relevant international and regional 
organizations in order to promote awareness of, and 
compliance with, the measures;(s) To work with Interpol 
and Member States to obtain photographs of listed 
individuals for possible inclusion in Interpol Special 
Notices; 
(s) To assist other subsidiary bodies of the Security 
Council, and their expert panels, upon request with 
enhancing their cooperation with Interpol, referred to 
in resolution 1699 (2006); 
(t) To report to the Committee, on a regular basis or 
when the Committee so requests, through oral and/or 
written briefings on the work of the Monitoring Team, 
including its visits to Member States and its 
activities; 
(u) Any other responsibility identified by the 
Committee. 
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REPORTING DEADLINE 
¶8. (U) Posts should report no later than June 25 on 
substantive results of engagement on this issue. 
POINT OF CONTACT 
 
¶9. (U) Questions may be directed to IO/PSC (Erin Crowe, 
202-736-7847). 
 
¶10. (U) Tripoli minimize considered. 
RICE