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United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 was adopted unanimously on 15 October 1999. After recalling resolutions 1189 (1998), 1193 (1998) and 1214 (1998) on the situation in Afghanistan, the Council designated Osama bin Laden and associates as terrorists and established a sanctions regime to cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden and/or the Taliban ...
The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...
United Nations Security Council resolutions are United Nations resolutions adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council (UNSC); the United Nations (UN) body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security". [1]
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 imposed a series of travel and financial sanctions on members of the Tablian-controlled government of Afghanistan following the bombing of two US embassies by Al-Qaeda in East Africa [9] and for Taliban refusing to surrender Osama bin Laden to stand trail in the US for the embassy bombings. [9]
The UN has six principal organs: The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);; The Security Council (decides certain resolutions for peace and security);; The Economic and Social Council (assists in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
The provisions of the resolution, adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, included; [3] A new sanctions regime targeting the Taliban and associates; Afghan-Taliban individuals listed under the list of sanctioned individuals created after Resolution 1267 were moved to the new sanctions list created by the current resolution;
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters (New York City).. The United Nations System consists of the United Nations' six principal bodies (the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the United Nations Secretariat), [1 ...
Upon the adoption of Resolution 1267 (1999), the Committee lacked a chairperson, and its first and only meeting held in 1999 was chaired by the then President of the United Nations Security Council, Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom. The first Chairman of the committee was ambassador Arnoldo Listre of Argentina, who held the post until ...