United Nations Security Council Resolution
A United Nations Security Council resolution is a United Nations resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council (UNSC); the United Nations (UN) body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international pea ...
2023 was unanimously adopted on 5 December 2011.
Resolution
Concerned at the potential use of the Eritrean mining sector as a financial source to destabilize the
Horn of Africa region, the Security Council reinforced the sanctions regime on that country to prevent
mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...
funds from contributing to its continued violations of those measures.
Adopting resolution 2023 (2011), under
Chapter VII of the Charter, by a vote of 13 in favour to none against, with 2 abstentions (
China,
Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
), the Council demanded that
Eritrea cease all direct or indirect efforts to destabilize States, and decided that States shall "undertake appropriate measures to promote the exercise of vigilance" in business dealings with
Eritrea's mining sector. To that end, it requested its Sanctions Committee concerning Somalia and Eritrea to draft, with the assistance of the Somalia/Eritrea Monitoring Group, due diligence guidelines for States' optional use.
The Council also condemned Eritrea's use of the "
diaspora tax" on the Eritrean
diaspora to destabilize the Horn of Africa region and to violate the sanctions regime, including by procuring arms and related materiel for transfer to armed opposition groups, and decided that Eritrea shall cease those practices. It further decided that Eritrea shall stop using extortion, threats of violence, fraud and other illicit means to collect taxes outside of Eritrea from its nationals or other individuals of Eritrean descent.
Security Council, by Vote of 13 in Favour, Adopts Resolution Reinforcing Sanctions Regime against Eritrea 'Calibrated' to Halt All Activities Destabilizing Region
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Voting
* Permanent members of the Security Council are in bold.
See also
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References
External links
Full text of UNSCR 2023
{{UNSCR 2011
2023
December 2011 events
2011 in Africa