Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1608
Overseas Territories
Sanctions
The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020
Made
16th December 2020
Laid before Parliament
23rd December 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 20th July 2017, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to apply certain measures to give effect to decisions of that Council in relation to ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida(1).
The Security Council of the United Nations adopted resolution 2368 (2017) on 20 July 2017 (“resolution 2368”). Paragraph 1(b) of resolution 2368 requires States to take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of all persons included on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions list created pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1989 (2011), 2083 (2012), 2161 (2014) and 2253 (2015).