Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes

 

One Individual from Its Sanctions List

 

On 26 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.  The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:

A. Individuals associated with Al-Qaida

QI.H.269.09.  Name:  1: BEKKAY 2: HARRACH 3: na 4: na
Title:  na Designation:  na DOB:  4 Sep. 1977  POB:  Berkane, Morocco  Good quality a.k.a.:  a)  Abu Talha al Maghrabi b)  al Hafidh Abu Talha der Deutsche ("the German")  Low quality a.k.a.:na  Nationality:  German  Passport no.:  German passport number 5208116575 issued in Bonn valid until 7 Sep. 2013  National identification no.:  a)  German national identity card number (Bundespersonalausweis Nr.) 5209243072, issued in Bonn, Germany, valid until 7 Sep. 2013   b)  German driving licence number J17001W6Z12, issued in Bonn, Germany  Address:  na  Listed on:27 May 2009   Other information:  Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area (as at Apr. 2009). Member of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01.), reportedly since at least March 2007.

The Committee’s Al-Qaida Sanctions List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and international and regional organizations.  This is the twenty-third update of the List in 2012.  An updated List is accessible on the Committee’s website at the following URL:  http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/aq_sanctions_list.shtml.

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