United Nations Security Council Resolution 1989, adopted unanimously on June 17, 2011, after recalling resolutions

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(2011) on terrorism and the threat to Afghanistan, the Council imposed separate sanctions regimes on

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and the Taliban. Resolution 1989 dealt with sanctions relating to Al-Qaeda, while Resolution 1988 (2011) addressed sanctions against the Taliban. Until the passing of both the resolutions, sanctions on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda had been handled by the same committee.

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The Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism continued to constitute a "serious" threat to international peace and security. The provisions of the resolution, adopted under

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military an ...

, included; * Modified the Committee established in Resolution 1267 to include only Al-Qaeda and associates; * Expanded the

mandate Mandate most often refers to: * League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919 * Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate Mandate may also ...

of the Ombudsperson created in Resolution 1904 to include the consideration of requests for delisting and the acceptance or rejection of requests; * Urged states and organisations to provide all necessary information concerning delisting requests for Al-Qaeda or other individuals; * Ensured that the sanctions were more fairly and transparently applied. The annex of the resolution provided instructions for the Ombudsperson and Monitoring Committee.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.orgCommittee pursuant to resolutions 1267, 1989, and 2253 website
(Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee) {{UNSCR 2011 1989 United Nations Security Council sanctions regimes Al-Qaeda Taliban 1989 June 2011 events

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