United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988

Resolution 1988 of the UN Security Council adopted on 17 June 2011, Recalling Security Council Resolutions 1267, 1333, 1363, 1373, 1390, 1452, 1455, 1526, 1566, 1617, 1624, 1699, 1730, 1735, 1822 and 1904. In Resolution 1988, the Security Council imposed sanctions on the Taliban. Until the adoption of Resolution 1988 and 1989, Al -Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee was responsible for both the implementation of sanctions against Al -Qaida and the Taliban.

The Security Council reaffirmed once again that the situation in Afghanistan still constitutes a threat to international peace and international security. The resolution includes measures under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including:

• A new regime of sanctions against the Taliban and their allies
• A newly created Afghanistan Sanctions Committee is to monitor the enforcement of sanctions
• The committee is to lift the sanctions against former Taliban who have renounced violence and accept the arbitration process
• The Afghan government is to send the committee a list of persons from whom she is of the opinion that they should no longer come under the sanctions
• The new sanctions regime should be transparent and sanctions should be enforced.

The annex to resolution provides guidelines for the new committee.