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Compendium: High Level Review of United Nations Sanctions
committees should be standardised and generalised to address cross-cutting
subjects common to all UN sanctions regimes. For legitimacy, such guidance
should have a clear UN identity, even when it draws on technical expertise
and best practices of other institutions operating in related fields (e.g., export
control arrangements, FATF). Other organizations with expertise related to
sanctions, as discussed in section VII, can serve as inspiration in the development of practical UN guidance.
The late 2014 publication by the Secretariat of a Consolidated United
Nations Security Council Sanctions List, comprised of all individuals and
entities subject to UN sanctions in a single format, addressed an oft-raised
complaint from Member States. Because measures applicable to the individuals and entities are the same, regardless of which committee administers
them or the reasons for the sanctions, national authorities were forced to
create their own consolidations from individual committees’ lists. This task
was made considerably more difficult by the difference in both documentary
and electronic formats of the individual committee lists.
Another common concern for implementation of UN sanctions is
the need for more detailed identifying information regarding the individuals and entities on targeted sanctions lists. Lack of identifiers such as dates
and places of birth, registration numbers and addresses for entities, passport numbers, etc., hampers national implementation of targeted financial
and travel sanctions. Building on progress of the 1267 Committee and its
Monitoring Team, sanctions committees should continue efforts to compile
and provide more specific information and updated identifiers on all UNdesignated individuals and entities.
8. The Secretariat should continue to publicise the Consolidated list, including
in all UN languages (and, as appropriate, in other languages), and update it
regularly. When updating, the entire list should be republished, not just
notices of changes made.
9. Implementation Assistance Notices and other forms of guidance should be
standardised to address cross-cutting subjects common to UN sanctions
regimes. Additional forms of implementation guidance should be developed for Member States and private actors, and have a clear UN identity.
10. Sanctions committees, supported by expert groups, should intensify efforts
to provide more specific information and updated identifiers on all UN-designated individuals and entities.