7323rd meeting on general issues relating to sanctions

Sanctions regimes have been proven to be a valuable tool for the maintenance of international peace and security, but continuous improvement was needed for better targeting, awareness, respect for rights and partnership, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council today.
“United Nations sanctions had proved to be an effective complement to other Security Council instruments and actions,” Jeffrey Feltman said in a Council meeting on the issue this morning that also heard from the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Secretary General, Jürgen Stock.
In his briefing, Mr. Stock said that INTERPOL, with its global cross-border network and modern tools, was well placed to address many practical aspects of United Nations sanctions implementation, including working with local authorities in conveying and obtaining necessary information. A key mechanism in that effort was the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice, created in response to Council resolution 1617 (2005); it was an alert or request for cooperation from national police published and circulated in a standard, recognizable format to more than 25,000 authorized users in INTERPOL’s 190 member countries, including border control services.
Also speaking this morning were the representatives of Nigeria, Lithuania, Chile, France, Argentina, Chad, Luxembourg, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Jordan, United States and Australia.
The meeting began at 10:20 a.m. and ended at 12:25 p.m.