The UN clears 45 names of their "black list" of sanctions against Al Qaeda and Taliban.
United Nations, Aug. 2 .- The names of 10 suspected Taliban and 35 other individuals and entities allegedly linked to al Qaeda will disappear from the "blacklist" of United Nations sanctions, announced today the chairman of the terrorism committee of the Security Council world body, the Austrian Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting.
"After analyzing a total of 488 names, 45 have, tera gold, been eliminated, of which 10 are for another 35 Taliban and Al Qaeda," the diplomat said in a news conference.
It said that the 10 names associated with the Taliban belong to individuals, whereas in the case of Al Qaeda are 14 individuals and 21 entities.
Among those removed from the list there are eight that it was confirmed that, darkfall gold, they had died, although in total there are thirty people on the list now suspected may have died.
"The purpose of the list is not keeping the name of deceased persons, but we have to get enough evidence that they have died and what happened to their heritage," said the Austrian ambassador.
Also pointed out that among the, aion kinah, 433 names remain on the roster, there are 66 on which has not closed the investigation and may also be deleted if the committee finds no grounds for further sanctions.
"It was a very serious exercise. We had 38 meetings, which discussed all the 488 names, at each meeting discussed 10 names," he stated.
More than half of the names listed there were not returned to study since its inclusion in 2001, and in many cases is still lacking essential information, such as the individual's full name or date of birth.
On the other hand, highlight the diplomat, the review enabled them to update the information related to 75 names on the list.
The Austrian ambassador recalled that recently appointed an ombudsman to address the claims of persons or entities that are considered unfairly blacklisted.
In that sense, I explain that it requires the approval of the 15-member Security Council to lift sanctions, so that the refusal of one country can stop the process.
Today's action is part of the efforts of Mayr-Harting announced last year to update the sanctions list, but also match the desire of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, to cancel the sanctions to members of the Taliban to encourage recently initiated process of dialogue with moderates in the Afghan insurgents.
The sanctions regime against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, which was created in 1999 and strengthened after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the U.S., freezes financial assets of individuals and entities sanctioned, in addition to prohibiting travel outside their country or acquire weapons and material that can be used for military purposes.