Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee - Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee

Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee

The Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, like other Security Council committees, is composed of Member State representatives from the fifteen members of the United Nations Security Council – these include the five permanent members: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States; and 10 other rotating members. The current Chairman of the Committee is H.E. Dr. Peter Wittig, the Permanent Representative of Germany, and the two Vice-Chairs are Brazil and the Russian Federation. Chair positions do not carry extraordinary decision making power as the Committee takes all its decisions by consensus.

Upon the adoption of resolution 1267 (1999), the Committee lacked a Chairperson, and its first and only meeting held in 1999 was chaired by the then President of the Security Council, H.E. Sir Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom. The first Chairman of the Committee was H.E. Ambassador Arnoldo Listre of Argentina, who held the post until the end of 2000. The post was subsequently held by the Ambassadors of Colombia (2001–2002), Chile (2003–2004), Argentina (2005–2006), Belgium (2007–2008), and Austria (2009–2010).