Extending by 18 months the mandate of the current New York-based Monitoring Team concerned with overseeing Council-imposed sanctions against members and/or associates of Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden and the Taliban, the Security Council this morning provided “clear and fair procedures” for the maintenance of the Consolidated List of persons to whom those sanctions apply.

The Council directed the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), with the assistance of the Monitoring Team, to make accessible on its website publicly releasable reasons for listing the individuals or entities concerned.

The Council encouraged the Committee to continue to ensure that fair and clear procedures existed for placing individuals and entities on the Consolidated List, for removing them and for granting humanitarian exemptions.

Speaking after the adoption of the text, the representative of Costa Rica stressed the need to take strong action against terrorism but said it must be undertaken within international law and in compliance with the Charter, with all the organs of the United Nations playing their proper role.

For that reason, legal mechanisms to combat terrorism must be developed in conjunction with the General Assembly.