Statement by Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Samuel Žbogar at the UNSC Briefings by Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council

Dear colleagues,

During Slovenia’s term in the Security Council, I have had the privilege to Chair two sanctions Committees, namely, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1636 (2005), on Lebanon; and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003), on Iraq. I also acted as the Facilitator of resolution 2231 until 18 October this year.

While 1636 Committee has not been active, the 1518 Committee still has 65 individuals and 10 entities on the 1518 sanctions list at this moment. Delisting processes have stalled and only one delisting was approved during our tenure, although 4 cases remain pending at this time.

The Committee has been working predominantly through written procedure. On 8 August the Committee had one in-person meeting together with representatives of the Iraqi National Committee for Freezing Terrorist Assets to exchange information on the delisting procedures and the list of persons and entities on the Iraq sanctions list. Ways to facilitate and expedite delisting processes have been explored, including through better information sharing, with the aim to reinvigorate delisting requests by listed individuals and entities.

I thank Council members for cooperation and I would like to express my gratitude to the Secretariat as well as to my staff for their support.

Thank you.

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