UN sanctions on Iraq were first imposed in 1990, by UN Security Council Resolution 661, in response to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The current UN Sanctions Committee and regime on Iraq was established in 2003 as the successor to the 1990 committee, by UN Security Council Resolutions 1483 and 1518.
The UN Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee (Iraq sanctions) has de-listed former Iraqi government minister Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur and former Republican Guard Chief of Staff Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi. Both were originally listed on 27 June 2003. Mr al-Rawi is reported to have died in 2018. Press Release. The UK and Switzerland have also made the de-listings. Notice …
The European Council has implemented the humanitarian exemption to UN sanctions set out by UNSC Resolution 2664 (2022) with respect to its Somalia, CAR, Yemen, Haiti, Iraq and Lebanon (assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri) sanctions regimes. See previous post. Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/338 and Council Regulation (EU) 2023/331. Under the exemption, the making available of funds or economic …
Yesterday, OFAC added 4 individuals and 2 entities linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to the SDN list (Notice)
Yesterday, OFAC deleted 5 entries from its Iraq sanctions list (Notice)
On 19 May 2022, the UN removed Khalaf M. M. Al-Dulaymi (also Al-Dulimi); Midco Financial, S.A; and Montana Management, Inc. from its Iraq sanctions list. All had been listed in April 2004. Press Release. The UK (Notice) and Switzerland (Notice) have also removed the 3 from their sanctions lists. The same Mr Al-Dulimi brought a case to the European Court …
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Iraq
Somalia
Central African Republic
Yemen
Haiti
Lebanon