SC/9617

SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO ENTRY OF ONE ENTITY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

18 March 2009
Security CouncilSC/9617
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL aL-qAIDA and tALIBAN sANCTIONS COMMITTEE approves


AMENDMENTS to entry of one entity on CONSOLIDATED LIST

 


On 18 March 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.


D. Entities and other groups and undertakings associated with Al-Qaida


QE.A.98.03. Name: ANSAR AL-ISLAM
Name (original script):مﻼﺳﻻا رﺎﺼﻧأ
A.k.a.: a) Devotees of Islam b) Jund al-Islam c) Soldiers of Islam d) Kurdistan Supporters of Islam e) Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan f) Followers of Islam in Kurdistan g) Kurdish Taliban h) Soldiers of God i) Ansar al-Sunna Army j) Jaish Ansar al-Sunna k) Ansar al-Sunna  F.k.a.: na  Address: na  Listed on: 24 Feb. 2003 (amended on 31 Mar. 2004, 5 Mar. 2009, 18 Mar. 2009)  Other information: Associated with Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01.) and Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04). Location: The Kurdish controlled area of northeastern Northern Iraq.  


The Committee’s List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and regional organizations.  This is the seventh update of the List in 2009.  An updated List is accessible on the Committee’s website at the following URL:  http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolist.shtml.


* *** *


For information media • not an official record
For information media. Not an official record.