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/2014/770

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Distr.: General 29 October 2014 Original: English 14-61860 (E) 291014

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Letter dated 27 October 2014 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities addressed to the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to transmit herewith the sixteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established pursuant to resolution 1526 (2004), which was submitted to the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, in accordance with paragraph (a) of annex I to resolution 2083 (2012). I should be grateful if the present letter and the report could be brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council and issued as a document of the Council. (

Signed

) Gary

Quinlan

Chair Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities

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Letter dated 29 September 2014 from the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team in accordance with paragraph (a) of annex I to Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) addressed to the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities

I have the honour to transmit to you the sixteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, pursuant to resolution 2161 (2014). The Monitoring Team notes that the document of reference is the English original. I should like to pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of the Monitoring Team in preparing the report. Both the experts and the staff assigned to support the Team worked intensively to prepare the report, which draws extensively on country visits and other information provided by Member States. (

Signed

) Alexander

Evans

Coordinator Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team

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Sixteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2161 (2014) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities

Contents

Page

I. Summary

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4 II. Threat from Al-Qaida and its associates

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4 A.

Current threat

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4 B.

One core theme, many variations

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6 C.

One core message, variously delivered

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8 D.

One goal, different tactics

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10 III. Fifteen years of sanctions

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14 IV. Sanctions measures

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18 A.

Assets freeze

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18 B.

Travel ban

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21 C.

Arms embargo

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22 V. Challenges to the sanctions regime

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24 VI. Monitoring Team activities

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25 Annex Litigation relating to individuals and entities on the Al-Qaida Sanctions List

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