Αποφάσεις - Ανακοινώσεις — ΦΕΚ A' 140/2025
ΑΠΟΦΑΣΕΙΣ Αριθμ. Φ. 3460/ΑΣ 42467 Απόφαση 2776 (2025) του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας Ο.Η.Ε. σχετικά με το καθεστώς κυρώσεων κατά της τρομοκρατικής οργάνωσης Αλ Σαμπάαμπ (Σομαλία). Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΩΝ Έχοντας υπόψη: Το άρθρο 1 του α.ν. 92 της 3/10.8.1967 «Περί εφαρμογής αποφάσεων του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας των Ηνωμένων Εθνών και περί εγκρίσεως και εφαρμογής συστάσεων του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας και της Γενικής Συνελεύσεως» (Α’ 139). Το γεγονός ότι οι διατάξεις της παρούσας δεν αφορούν σε διοικητική διαδικασία, για την οποία υπάρχει υποχρέωση καταχώρισης στο ΕΜΔΔ-Μίτος. Προβαίνουμε στη δημοσίευση της απόφασης 2776 (2025) του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας των Ηνωμένων Εθνών, η οποία είναι, δυνάμει του άρθρου 25 του Χάρτη των Ηνωμένων Εθνών, που κυρώθηκε με τον α.ν. 585/1945, υποχρεωτική για τα κράτη μέλη του Οργανισμού, και παραγγέλλουμε την αυστηρή τήρηση και συμμόρφωση προς τις διατάξεις της απόφασης αυτής. Κατωτέρω παρατίθεται το κείμενο της απόφασης στην αγγλική γλώσσα και σε ελληνική μετάφραση. Resolution 2776 (2025) Adopted by the Security Council at its 9872nd meeting, on 3 March 2025 The Security Council, Recalling all its previous resolutions and statements of its President on the situation in Somalia, Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia, Commending the progress made in Somalia over the past ten years, and especially over the past three years in the fight against Al-Shabaab, Emphasising that the purpose of this resolution is to degrade the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, Degrading the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, and the Arms Embargo targeting Al-Shabaab Expressing grave concern that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to the peace, security and stability of Somalia and the region, and further expressing concern about the continued presence in Somalia of affiliates linked to ISIL/Da ’esh, Condemning in the strongest possible terms AlShabaab’s terrorist attacks, expressing deep concern at the loss of life from these attacks, further condemning Al-Shabaab’s radicalisation to violent ends and exploitation, including financially of communities, and reiterating its determination to support comprehensive efforts to reduce the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, Strongly condemning the reported targeting of civilians by Al-Shabaab as well as its indiscriminate use of explosive weapons, in particular in densely populated areas, and the consequences for the civilian population, as recorded by the Panel of Experts pursuant to resolution 2713 (2023) (Panel), including in its final report (S/2024/748), Calling for compliance with international law, and expressing continued concern about all violations of international humanitarian law, in particular the targeting of civilians, violations of obligations related to the respect and protection of humanitarian personnel, and any unlawful attacks against civilian objects, and all violations and abuses of human rights, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence in conflict, especially as related to trafficking in persons, forced marriage and sexual slavery in Al-Shabaab-controlled areas, arms embargo targeting Al-Shabaab, and emphasising the importance of preventing Al-Shabaab from developing and exploiting a relationship with listed groups in the region, Recalling the 2024 Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (S/2024/384), noting with concern the high levels of abduction and recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in violation of international law, with almost all instances of recruitment and use and abduction of children attributed to Al-Shabaab, and urging the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia (GFRS) and Somalia’s Federal Member States (FMS) to further strengthen efforts to end and prevent the “six grave violations” against children as identified by the Secretary-General, including by implementing measures in line with resolutions 1379 (2001), 1998 (2011), 2225 (2015) and 2467 (2019), Underscoring the importance of a holistic, whole-ofgovernment and whole-of-society approach, including the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and support for leadership roles of women in Somalia, to counter terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, conducted in accordance with applicable international law, as well as efforts to address the governance, security, human rights, humanitarian, development and socioeconomic dimensions of the problem, including youth unemployment and poverty, and emphasising the importance of regional and international cooperation to counter terrorism, disrupt terrorist finances and illicit financial flows, and stop arms trafficking, Reiterating that terrorism cannot, and should not, be associated with any religion, nationality, civilisation or ethnic group, condemning terrorist groups’ attempts to craft distorted narratives that are based on misrepresentation of religion to justify violence and to popularise their attempts to undermine Somalia and the region, expressing concern over their exploitation of information and communication technologies including through the Internet, particularly social media, for terrorist purposes, and supporting the GFRS’s renewed efforts to counter Al-Shabaab’s narratives, Strongly encouraging Member States to work with the GFRS to prevent Al-Shabaab from using social media platforms for criminal purposes and to counter terrorist propaganda, and strongly encouraging the GFRS to develop a communication strategy and a publicity and outreach mechanism to systematically counter the narratives of Al-Shabaab through audio-visual and social media in a manner consistent with their obligations under international law, Expressing serious concern about the humanitarian situation in Somalia, encouraging States to scale-up their humanitarian support to Somalia, and calling for all parties to the conflict to allow and facilitate, in accordance with relevant provisions of international law, particularly applicable international humanitarian law, and in a manner consistent with the United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian emergency assistance (United Nations General Assembly resolution 46/182), including humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, full, safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access to all persons in need across Somalia, Recognising the contribution of Somali, African Union, and other forces operating legally in Somalia towards combatting Al-Shabaab, often at great sacrifice, and liberating areas of central Somalia from control by the group, and welcoming Somali and international efforts to bring stabilisation support and services to newly liberated communities, Urging continued development of a Somalia-led, coordinated approach in developing Somalia’s maritime governance sector, including through the formation of the Maritime Security Working Group, and support of Somalia’s maritime institutions, and commending the role played by the GFRS, member states, and regional organisations in maritime security, Noting with concern smuggling and trafficking of weapons, military equipment and ammunition in contravention of the measures imposed by the Security Council in this and previous resolutions, and urging the GFRS, FMS and Member States to take appropriate measures to identify smugglers and hold them accountable, Expressing concern about the violation of the charcoal ban by the vessel MV Fox documented by the Panel of Experts on Somalia in its reports of 1 September 2022 (S/2022/754) and 25 August 2023 (S/2023/724), commending the Panel’s investigations into this incident, urging all parties to engage constructively with the Panel and the GFRS on this matter, and reminding all Member States of the provisions in its Implementation Assistance Notice No.1, Emphasising that its objective, through this resolution, is to continue to update its consolidated framework to strengthen state- and peace-building, defeat Al-Shabaab and complement the mandates of the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS), the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (ΑUSSOM), drawing on the technical assessments of Somalia’s weapons and ammunition management capability (S/2022/698, S/2023/676 and S/2024/751), and taking note of the final report of the Panel and recommendations from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Stressing the primary role of the Central Monitoring Department (CMD), established by the GFRS to provide coordination, oversight, assurance and monitoring of the delivery, marking, circulation and audit of weapons and ammunition across Somalia, with support and advice from Member States as appropriate, encouraging Somalia’s international partners to strengthen coordination with and capacity-building to the CMD as the primary focal point for weapons and ammunition management assistance to Somalia, and calling on the GFRS to continue coordinating all activities related to weapons and ammunition management through the CMD, for weapons, in accordance with international best practices, to strengthen oversight and ensure accountability, and encouraging Somalia’s international partners to continue to support the GFRS’s efforts to strengthen weapons and ammunition management, including through technical support and capacity building, as requested by the GFRS, Recognising that Al-Shabaab poses a threat to peace and security in Somalia, and that its terrorist and other activities pose a security threat to the region, and underscoring the need to degrade Al-Shabaab through: targeted sanctions, preventing access to weapons and ammunition, disrupting its finances, reducing the threat posed by improvised explosive devices, improving maritime domain awareness and through international collaboration, Recognising the need to continuously strengthen due process and to ensure that fair and clear procedures exist for delisting individuals and entities designated pursuant to resolution 1844 (2008) as amended, and welcoming the adoption of resolution 2744 (2024) enhancing the mandate and procedure of the Focal Point for Delisting, Determining that Al-Shabaab’s attempts to undermine peace and security in Somalia and the region, including through acts of terrorism, constitute a threat to international peace and security, Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, A. Targeted sanctions
Recalls its decisions in its resolution 1844 (2008), which imposed targeted sanctions, and its resolutions 2002 (2011), 2093 (2013) and 2662 (2022), which expanded the listing criteria, and recalls its decisions in resolutions 2060 (2012) and 2444 (2018);
Expresses its intention to support the further development of fair and clear procedures for the delisting of individuals and entities designated pursuant to resolution 1844 (2008) as amended;
Recalls resolution 2664 (2022), which established a cross-cutting humanitarian exemption to asset freeze measures, including those imposed by paragraph 3 of resolution 1844 (2008); B. Arms embargo targeting Al-Shabaab
Decides that all States shall, for the purposes of preventing Al-Shabaab and other actors intent on undermining peace and security in Somalia and the region from obtaining weapons and ammunition, take the necessary measures to prevent all deliveries of weapons, ammunition and military equipment to Somalia, including prohibiting the financing of all acquisitions and deliveries of weapons, ammunition and military equipment, and further decides that these measures shall not apply to deliveries or supplies to the GFRS, the Somali National Army (SNA), the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), the Somali National Police Force (SNPF) and the Somali Custodial Corps;
Takes note of the recent military operations against Al-Shabaab and encourages the GFRS, following consultation with the FMS, with the support of partners as appropriate, to register all weapons, ammunition and military equipment captured or seized from Al-Shabaab in the National Captured Weapons Database and, with the assistance of the Panel as necessary, to investigate their origin;
Affirms that the GFRS, in cooperation with AUSSOM, shall document and register all weapons, ammunition and military equipment, captured from Al-Shabaab as part of offensive operations, or in the course of carrying out their mandate, including: (a) recording the type, quantity, lot/batch and serial number of all weapons and/or ammunition; (b) recording the circumstances of seizure, including location, date and operation details; (c) photographing all items and relevant markings and/or headstamps; and, (d) facilitating inspection by the Panel of all captured weapons, ammunition and military items before their redistribution or destruction;
Calls on Member States to take reasonable steps to prevent smuggling of weapons and ammunition into Somalia and further calls on Member States to share data with the GFRS, through the CMD, the Committee pursuant to resolution 2713 (2023) concerning AlShabaab (Committee), the Panel, AUSSOM and UNTMIS, as appropriate, regarding weapons, ammunition and military equipment captured from Al-Shabaab and the smuggling of weapons and ammunition into Somalia in violation of the arms embargo targeting Al-Shabaab; C. Disrupting Al-Shabaab’s finances
Notes with concern Al-Shabaab’s ability to generate revenue and launder, store and transfer resources to carry out terrorism and destabilise Somalia and the region, and requests the GFRS, working with international partners as appropriate, to continue to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated plan to disrupt Al-Shabaab’s financial operations;
Calls upon the GFRS to continue working with the FMS, Somali financial authorities, private sector financial institutions and the international community to: (a) identify, assess and mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risks by improving anti-money laundering (ΑML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) standards, guidance, and compliance with legal frameworks, including those pertaining to designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBP); (b) strengthen supervision of, and compliance with, AML and CFT regulations and standards across financial institutions and DNFBPs, including as related to Know Your Customer and customer due diligence procedures and suspicious transaction reporting in line with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (2016), as well as the Mobile Money Regulations (2019), Targeted Financial Sanctions Act (2023) money sector by Al-Shabaab; (c) continue constructive engagement with the ongoing Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force Mutual Evaluation (MENAFATF) process to address priority areas relating to terrorist financing and money laundering risks; (d) prioritise the continued development of a secure and inclusive national identification system that improves financial access while countering the financing of terrorism; (e) improve monitoring, reporting and investigations into money laundering and terrorist financing, including continuing to build financial crime investigative capacity across law enforcement agencies and enhancing interagency coordination and collaboration; and, (f) develop a plan to mitigate the risks posed by AlShabaab to personnel working in AML and CFT roles within national competent authorities and the private sector, and a plan to protect those who share information relating to Al-Shabaab’s extortion tactics;
Calls upon the GFRS to improve collaboration and coordination among regulatory and law enforcement agencies at all levels and undertake coordinated and joint approaches to terrorist finance investigations and financial disruption;
Requests the GFRS, UNODC and the Panel to continue exchanging information about Al-Shabaab’s operations and, with support from the international community, implement a comprehensive and coordinated action plan to disrupt Al-Shabaab’s operations and exploitation of the licit financial system;
Notes UNODC’s coordination role in finalising and implementing the draft Roadmap for Enhanced InterAgency Cooperation to Combat Illicit Trade and its Effects, and encourages Somalia to work with UNODC to develop a plan to disrupt all illicit trade from which AlShabaab profits;
Welcomes regional and international cooperation to degrade the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, encourages continued cooperation at the regional and international level to address the threat posed by Al-Shabaab to Somalia and the region, and further encourages international cooperation with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Programme Office in Nairobi in its support for regional countries in their efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism; D. Charcoal Ban
Reaffirms its decision to ban the import and export of Somali charcoal, as set out in paragraph 22 of its resolution 2036 (2012), and paragraphs 11 to 21 of resolution 2182 (2014);
Welcomes measures taken by the GFRS, FMS and Member States to reduce the export of charcoal from Somalia, requests that AUSSOM, within its existing mandate, support and assist Somalia in implementing the charcoal ban, and facilitate regular access for the Panel to charcoal exporting ports, and reaffirms the importance of the efforts of the UNODC and its international partners to monitor and disrupt the export and import of charcoal to and from Somalia;
Recalls paragraph 36 of resolution 2662 (2022), welcomes the collaborative development of a plan to dispose of the charcoal stockpiles in and around Kismayo and encourages Somalia to continue to ensure the sustainable management of domestic charcoal production, with support from other partners, as appropriate;
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