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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2498

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2020

Milena Sterio
Milena Sterio*
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Milena Sterio is Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
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Extract

On November 15, 2019, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2498, which extended the mandate of the previously established Panel of Experts of Somalia by an additional year; the Resolution also expanded the scope of the Panel's inquiry by specifically tasking the Panel to investigate Al-Shabaab's revenue sources and illegal taxation schemes.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 417 - 427
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Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of International Law

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ENDNOTES

1 Security Council Resolution 2498 (2019), S/RES/2498 (2019), Nov. 15, 2019, https://undocs.org/S/RES/2498(2019).

2 Id. ¶ 1 (“requests the Panel, with input from FGS and UNODC, to conduct an analysis of all of Al-Shabaab's revenue sources, their methods of storage and transfer, and mapping of illegal taxation systems…”); id. ¶ 29 (“[d]ecides to renew … until 15 December 2020, the Panel on Somalia …”).

3 Security Council Resolution 2444 (2018), S/RES/2444 (2018), Nov. 14, 2018, https://undocs.org/en/S/RES/2444%20(2018).

4 Security Council Resolution 1558 (2004), S/RES/1558 (2004), Aug. 17, 2004, https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/751%20SRES%201558.pdf; see also Resolution 2444, supra note 3, ¶ 10 (“[d]ecides to terminate the mandate of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group”).

5 Resolution 2444, supra note 3, ¶ 11.

6 United Nations Security Council, Panel of Experts, Work and Mandate, https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/751/work-and-mandate.

7 Resolution 2444, supra note 3, ¶ 12.

8 Resolution 2498, supra note 1, ¶ 1.

9 United Nations, Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, Security Council Renews Mandate for Panel of Experts, Sanctions Regime on Somalia, Adopting Resolution 2498 (2019) by twelve Votes in Favour, three Abstentions, Nov. 15, 2019, https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sc14021.doc.htm.

10 United Nations Security Council, Letter dated Sept. 27, 2019 from the Panel of Experts on Somalia addressed to the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia, S/2019/858, https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/S_2019_858_E.pdf.

11 Id. ¶ 9.

12 Id. ¶ 10 (“Definitive evidence that Al-Shabaab is manufacturing its own explosives … means that the group now has at its disposal a readily available supply of improvised explosive device inputs.”); ¶ 12 (“Al-Shabaab's ability to generate domestic revenues through the ‘taxation’ of all aspects of the Somali economy is undiminished … with preliminary evidence indicating that the group has begun taxing imports into Mogadishu port …”).

13 Panel of Experts Letter, supra note 10, ¶ 31.

14 Id.

15 Id. ¶ 18.

16 Id.

17 Id. ¶ 12.

18 Id. ¶¶ 36–37.

19 Id. ¶¶ 46–47.

20 Id. ¶¶ 47–48.

21 UN News, Landmark terror finance resolution adopted by Security Council, Mar. 28, 2019, https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/03/1035671; Security Council Resolution 2462, S/RES/2462 (2019), Mar. 28, 2019, https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/sres24622019.

22 OneWorld Global Think Tank, UNSC Resolution 2498 (2019): A Threat to Somali Security & Existence as a Nation-State, Nov. 24, 2019, available at https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=1178.

23 Id.

24 Id.