United Nations Security Council Resolution 1989


United Nations Security Council Resolution 1989, adopted unanimously on June 17, 2011, after recalling resolutions 1267, 1333, 1363, 1373, 1390, 1452, 1455, 1526, 1566, 1617, 1624, 1699, 1730, 1735, 1822, 1904 and 1988 on terrorism and the threat to Afghanistan, the Council imposed separate sanctions regimes on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Resolution 1989 dealt with sanctions relating to Al-Qaeda, while Resolution 1988 addressed sanctions against the Taliban. Until the passing of both the resolutions, sanctions on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda had been handled by the same committee.

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The Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism continued to constitute a "serious" threat to international peace and security. The provisions of the resolution, adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, included;
The annex of the resolution provided instructions for the Ombudsperson and Monitoring Committee.