Resolution nº S/RES/2161 (2014) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2014
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2161 (2 014)*

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

17 J une 2014

14-555 95* (E)

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Resolution 2161 (2014)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 7198th meeting, on

17 June 2014

The S ecurity Counci l,

Recalling i ts res olutions 1267 (1999) , 1333 (2000) , 1363 (2001), 1373 (2001 ),

1390 (2 002), 1452 (20 02), 1455 ( 2003), 1526 (20 04), 1566 (200 4), 1 617 (2005) ,

1624 (2 005), 1699 (20 06), 1730 ( 2006), 1735 (20 06), 1822 (200 8), 1 904 (2009) ,

1988 (2011), 19 89 (2011 ), 2083 (2 012), a nd 2133 (2014) and t he rele vant sta tements

of it s Presid ent,

Reaffirming that ter rorism in all i ts forms and ma nifesta tions co nstitute s one o f

the mo st serious th reats to pea ce and secu rity and that a ny acts of ter rorism are

crim inal and u njustifi able rega rdless of t heir moti vations, wheneve r and by

whom soever commi tted, and reiterating its u nequivoc al co ndemnat ion o f Al- Qaida

and other individ uals, groups, undert akings and e ntities associ ated wi th it, for

ongo ing and multi ple cr iminal terror ist act s aimed at causing the d eaths of inno cent

civil ians and oth er victims, d estructi on of proper ty and greatl y undermi ning

stabi lity,

Reaffirming that terrori sm ca nnot a nd sh ould n ot be assoc iated with any

relig ion, nat ionalit y or civi lization ,

Recalling th e Presi dential Statemen ts of t he Secu rity Co uncil ( S/PRST/2013/1)

of 1 5 Janu ary 20 13 on threats to int ernation al peac e and securit y cause d by terroris t

acts and (S/PRST/2013/5) o n peace and sec urity in Afric a,

Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accorda nce with the C harter

of the U nited Nat ions a nd in ternatio nal la w, i ncludin g app licable in ternatio nal

huma n right s, refu gee and human itarian law, t hreats t o inter national peace an d

secur ity cau sed by t errorist acts, stressing in this regard the impo rtant r ole the

Unit ed Natio ns plays in lea ding and coordin ating t his effort ,

Recalling i ts r esolutio n 2 133 (2 014) an d t he p ublicat ion by the Glo bal

Coun terterro rism Forum (GC TF) of the “Algiers Me morandu m o n Go od Practice s

on Preven ting and D enying the Benef its o f Kid napping for Ranso m by Terrori sts”,

strong ly co ndemning inci dents of kid nappin g and ho stage-t aking com mitted by

terro rist groups for a ny pur pose, includi ng wit h the aim of ra ising funds or ga ining

* Reissued for tech nical rea sons on 3 1 July 20 14.

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poli tical co ncessio ns, ex pressing it s d etermin ation to prev ent kid napping a nd

hosta ge-taki ng com mitted by terr orist g roups and to sec ure t he safe releas e of

hosta ges wit hout ra nsom p ayments or pol itical c oncessio ns, in acc ordance wit h

appl icable int ernation al law, calli ng upon all M ember Stat es to preven t t erroris ts

from b enefitin g dire ctly o r ind irectly fro m ran som p ayments or from polit ical

conc essions and to sec ure th e safe relea se of hostag es, a nd reaffirming t he nee d for

all Member States to c ooperat e clos ely dur ing i ncidents of k idnappi ng and hostag e-

takin g commi tted by terrori st group s,

Stressing t hat terr orism c an only be defe ated b y a sust ained a nd comp rehensiv e

appr oach in volving the active partic ipation an d colla boration of al l States , and

inter nationa l and regi onal organiz ations to impede, impa ir, is olate and incapa citate

the t errorist threat,

Emphasizing tha t sanctio ns are a n import ant tool under th e Charte r of the

Unit ed Na tions in t he ma intenan ce a nd re storatio n of i nternati onal pea ce an d

secur ity, and stressing in t his rega rd the ne ed for r obust imp lement ation of the

meas ures in paragra ph 1 of this re solutio n as a s ignifica nt to ol in co mbating terrori st

acti vity,

Reminding a ll St ates that the y ha ve a n ob ligation to take the meas ures

descr ibed in paragr aph 1 w ith respect to all indi viduals, gro ups, undert akings and

entit ies inclu ded on the Al- Qaida San ctions Lis t, regard less of the national ity or

resid ence of such in dividua ls, grou ps, unde rtakings or ent ities,

Urging all Member State s to part icipate activ ely i n ma intainin g and upd ating

the list crea ted pursuant to reso lutions 126 7 (1 999), 1333 (2000) and 198 9 (2 011)

(“th e Al-Qa ida S anctions Lis t”) b y co ntributi ng ad ditional info rmation pert inent to

curr ent l istings, sub mitting delis ting request s whe n ap propriat e, a nd by ide ntifying

and nomin ating for listing addit ional indivi duals, groups , und ertakin gs an d ent ities

whic h should be subj ect to t he meas ures ref erred to in par agraph 1 of this resolut ion,

Reminding the Co mmittee establ ished pursuant to r esolutio ns 12 67 (19 99) an d

1989 (2011) ( “the Co mmittee ”) to r emove e xpeditio usly an d on a case -by-case basis

indi viduals, g roups, und ertaking s a nd entitie s t hat no longer m eet the crite ria for

listi ng outli ned in t his reso lution,

Recognizing t he ch allenges , bot h leg al and othe rwise, to t he me asures

impl emented b y Member S tates und er paragra ph 1 of this r esolutio n, welcoming

impr ovement s to th e Com mittee’s pr ocedure s and the qu ality of th e Al -Qaida

Sanc tions Li st, and expressing its intent to cont inue eff orts to ensure that pr ocedure s

are fair and clear,

Welcoming the esta blishme nt o f th e O ffice of the Ombuds person purs uant to

resol ution 19 04 (2009) and the e nhanceme nt of the O mbudspe rson’s man date in

resol utions 1989 (2011) and 2083 (2012) , noting the Offic e of the Ombudsp erson’s

signi ficant cont ribution in prov iding ad ditiona l fa irness a nd t ranspar ency, and

recalling the Securi ty Cou ncil’s f irm co mmitmen t to ensurin g that the Office of the

Ombu dsperso n is able to conti nue to carr y out its role eff ectively, in ac cordanc e

with its man date,

Welcoming t he Om budsper son’s b iannual r eports to t he Se curity Co uncil,

inclu ding t he repo rts sub mitted on 21 Januar y 2011, 22 Jul y 2011, 20 Ja nuary 2 012,

30 J uly 2012 , 31 Jan uary 20 13, 31 July 201 3, and 31 Janua ry 2014 ,