               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2396 (2017)
               Security Council                                                   Distr.: General
                                                                                21 December 2017

               Resolution 2396 (2017)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8148th meeting, on
               21 December 2017

                    The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1325 (2000), 1368 (2001), 1373 (2001),
               1566 (2004) 1624 (2005), 1894 (2009), 2106 (2013), 2133 (2014), 2150 (2014), 2170
               (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014) 2199 (2015), 2242 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253
               (2015), 2309 (2016) 2322 (2016), 2331 (2016), 2341 (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354
               (2017), 2367 (2017), 2368 (2017), 2370 (2017) 2379 (2017) and its relevant
               presidential statements,
                     Reaffirming that terrorism in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of the
               most serious threats to international peace and security and that any acts of terrorism
               are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever, wherever and
               by whomsoever committed, and remaining determined to contribute further to
               enhancing the effectiveness of the overall effort to fight this scourge on a global level,
                     Reaffirming that terrorism poses a threat to international peace and security and
               that countering this threat requires collective efforts on national, regional and
               international levels on the basis of respect for international law and the Charter of the
               United Nations,
                    Emphasizing that terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism cannot
               and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, or civilization,
                    Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
               independence of all States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
                     Stressing that Member States have the primary responsibility in countering
               terrorist acts and violent extremism conducive to terrorism,
                     Reaffirming that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to counter
               terrorism comply with all their obligations under internati onal law, in particular
               international human rights law, international refugee law, and international
               humanitarian law, underscoring that respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms
               and the rule of law are complementary and mutually reinforcing with effe ctive
               counter-terrorism measures, and are an essential part of a successful counter-terrorism
               effort and notes the importance of respect for the rule of law so as to effectively
               prevent and combat terrorism, and noting that failure to comply with these and other
               international obligations, including under the Charter of the United Nations, is one of

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               the factors contributing to increased radicalization to violence and fosters a sense of
               impunity,
                     Stressing that terrorism can only be defeated by a sustained and comprehensive
               approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all States and
               international and regional organizations to impede, impair, isolate, and incapacitate
               the terrorist threat,
                     Urging Member States and the United Nations syste m to take measures,
               pursuant to international law, to address all drivers of violent extremism conducive to
               terrorism, both internal and external, in a balanced manner as set out in the United
               Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,
                     Recalling Resolution 2178 and the definition of foreign terrorist fighters, and
               expressing grave concern over the acute and growing threat posed by foreign terrorist
               fighters returning or relocating, particularly from conflict zones, to their countries of
               origin or nationality, or to third countries,
                     Reaffirming its call on Member States to ensure, in conformity with
               international law, that refugee status is not abused by the perpetrators, organizers or
               facilitators of terrorist acts, and that claims of political motivation are not recognized
               as grounds for refusing requests for the extradition of alleged terrorists,
                     Expressing continued concern that international networks have been established
               and strengthened by terrorists and terrorist entities among states of origin, t ransit, and
               destination, through which foreign terrorist fighters and the resources to support them
               have been channelled back and forth,
                     Acknowledging that returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters have
               attempted, organized, planned, or participated in attacks in their countries of origin
               or nationality, or third countries, including against “soft” targets, and that the Islamic
               State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Da’esh, in particular has called on
               its supporters and affiliates to carry out attacks wherever they are located,
                    Stressing the need for Member States to develop, review, or amend national risk
               and threat assessments to take into account “soft” targets in order to develop
               appropriate contingency and emergency response plans for terrorist attacks,
                     Expressing grave concern that foreign terrorist fighters who have joined entities
               such as (ISIL), the Al-Nusrah Front (ANF) and other cells, affiliates, splinter groups
               or derivatives of ISIL, Al-Qaida or other terrorist groups, may be seeking to return to
               their countries of origin or nationality, or to relocate to third countries, and
               recognizing that the threat of returning or relocating foreign terrorist fighters includes,
               among others, such individuals further supporting acts or activities of ISIL, Al-Qaida
               and their cells, affiliates, splinter groups, and derivative entities, including by
               recruiting for or otherwise providing continued support for such entities, and stressing
               the urgent need to address this particular threat,
                     Having regard to and highlighting the situation of individuals of more than one
               nationality who travel abroad for the purpose of the perpetration, planning,
               preparation of, or participation in, terrorist acts or the providing or receiving of
               terrorist training, and may seek to return to their state of origin or nationality, or to
               travel to a third state, and urging States to take action, as appropriate, in compliance
               with their obligations under their domestic law and international law, including
               international human rights law,
                     Underlining the importance of strengthening international cooperation to
               address the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters, including on information
               sharing, border security, investigations, judicial processes, extradition, improving
               prevention and addressing conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism, preventing

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           and countering incitement to commit terrorist acts, preventing radicalization to
           terrorism and recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters, disrupting, preventing financial
           support to foreign terrorist fighters, developing and implementing risks assessments
           on returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their families, and
           prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration efforts, consistent with applicable
           international law,
                Recognizing, in this regard, that foreign terrorist fighters may be travelling with
           family members they brought with them to conflict zones, with families they have
           formed or family members who were born while in conflict zones, underscoring the
           need for Member States to assess and investigate these individuals for any potential
           involvement in criminal or terrorist activities, including by employing evidence -
           based risk assessments , and to take appropriate action in compliance with rel evant
           domestic and international law, including by considering appropriate prosecution,
           rehabilitation, and reintegration measures, and noting that children may be especially
           vulnerable to radicalization to violence and in need of particular social support , such
           as post-trauma counselling, while stressing that children need to be treated in a
           manner that observes their rights and respects their dignity, in accordance with
           applicable international law,
                 Noting with concern that terrorists craft distorted narratives, which are utilized
           to polarize communities, recruit supporters and foreign terrorist fighters, mobilize
           resources and garner support from sympathizers, in particular by exploiting
           information and communications technologies, including through the Internet and
           social media,
                 Encouraging Member States to collaborate in the pursuit of effective counternarrative strategies and initiatives, including those relating to foreign terrorist fighters
           and individuals radicalized to violence, in a manner compliant with their obligations
           under international law, including international human rights law, international
           refugee law and international humanitarian law,
                 Calling upon Member States to improve timely information sharing, through
           appropriate channels and arrangements, and consistent with international and
           domestic law, on foreign terrorist fighters, especially among law enforcement,
           intelligence, counterterrorism, and special services agencies, to aid in determining the
           risk foreign terrorist fighters pose, and preventing them from planning, directing,
           conducting, or recruiting for or inspiring others to commit terrorist attacks,
                 Recognizing that Member States face challenges in obtaining admissible
           evidence, including digital and physical evidence, from conflict zones that can be
           used to help prosecute and secure the conviction of foreign terrorist fighters and those
           supporting foreign terrorist fighters,
                Welcoming the establishment of the UN Office on Counterterrorism (UNOCT),
           and encouraging continued cooperation on counterterrorism efforts between UNOCT,
           the Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), International Civil
           Aviation Organization (ICAO), and United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
           (UNODC), and all other relevant UN bodies, and INTERPOL, on technical assistance
           and capacity building, in coordination with other relevant international, regional and
           subregional organizations, to assist Member States in implementing the Global
           Counter Terrorism Strategy,
                Welcoming recent developments and initiatives at the international, regional and
           subregional levels to prevent and suppress international terrorism, including the UN
           Counter-terrorism Committee’s 2015 Madrid Guiding Principles, and noting the
           ongoing work of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), in particular its 2016
           adoption of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum Addendum on Good Practices for a

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               More Effective Response to the FTF Phenomenon with a focus on Returning FTFs
               and its comprehensive set of good practices to address the foreign terrorist fighter
               phenomenon, and its publication of several other framework documents and good
               practices, including in the areas of countering violent extremism conducive to
               terrorism, including online, criminal justice, prosecution, rehabilita tion and
               reintegration, soft target protection, kidnapping for ransom, providing support to
               victims of terrorism, and community-oriented policing to assist interested States with
               the practical implementation of the United Nations counter-terrorism legal and policy
               framework and to complement the work of the relevant United Nations counter -
               terrorism entities in these areas,
                     Expressing concern that Foreign Terrorist Fighters may use civil aviation both
               as a means of transportation and as a target, and may use cargo both to target civil
               aviation and as a means of shipment of materiel, and noting in this regard that
               International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 9 and Annex 17 to the
               Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at Chicago on Decemb er 7, 1944
               (the “Chicago Convention”), contain standards and recommended practices relevant
               to the detection and prevention of terrorist threats involving civil aviation, including
               cargo screening,
                    Welcoming, in this regard, ICAO’s decision to establish a standard under
               Annex 9 — Facilitation, regarding the use of Advance Passenger Information (API)
               systems by its Member States with effect from October 23, 2017, and recognizing that
               many ICAO Member States have yet to implement this standard,
                     Noting with concern that terrorists and terrorist groups continue to use the
               Internet for terrorist purposes, and stressing the need for Member States to act
               cooperatively when taking national measures to prevent terrorists from exploiting
               technology and communications for terrorist acts, as well as to continue voluntary
               cooperation with private sector and civil society to develop and implement more
               effective means to counter the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, including by
               developing counter-terrorist narratives and through innovative technological
               solutions, all while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and in
               compliance with domestic and international law, and taking note of the industry led
               Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT ) and calling for the GIFCT to
               continue to increase engagement with governments and technology companies
               globally,
                     Recognizing the development of the UN CTED-ICT4 Peace Tech Against
               Terrorism initiative and its efforts to foster collaboration with repres entatives from
               the technology industry, including smaller technology companies, civil society,
               academia, and government to disrupt terrorists’ ability to use the Internet in
               furtherance of terrorist purposes, while also respecting human rights and fundamen tal
               freedoms,
                     Noting with appreciation the efforts of INTERPOL, to address the threat posed
               by foreign terrorist fighters, including through global law enforcement information
               sharing enabled by the use of its secure communications network, databases, an d
               system of advisory notices and procedures to track stolen, forged identity papers and
               travel documents, and INTERPOL’s counter-terrorism fora and foreign terrorist
               fighter programme,
                    Recognizing that relevant information, including information included in
               INTERPOL databases from Member States, should be shared among national
               agencies, such that law enforcement, judicial and border security officers can
               proactively and systematically use that information as a resource, where appropriate
               and necessary, for investigations, prosecutions and screening at points of entry,

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                 Recognizing that a comprehensive approach to the threat posed by foreign
           terrorist fighters requires addressing the conditions conducive to the spread of
           terrorism, including by preventing radicalization to terrorism, stemming recruitment,
           disrupting financial support to terrorists, countering incitement to commit terrorist
           acts, and promoting political and religious tolerance, good governance, economic
           development, social cohesion and inclusiveness, ending and resolving armed
           conflicts, and facilitating investigation, prosecution, reintegration and rehabilitation,
                 Reaffirming its request in paragraph 2 of resolution 2379 (2017), to establish an
           investigative team, to be headed by a Special Adviser, to support domestic efforts to
           hold ISIL (Da’esh) accountable by collecting, preserving, and storing evidence in Iraq
           of acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide
           committed by the terrorist group ISIL (Daesh) in Iraq, and recalling its invitation in
           paragraph 29 of resolution 2388 to the Secretary-General to ensure that the work of
           the Investigative Team is informed by relevant anti-trafficking research and expertise
           and that its efforts to collect evidence on trafficking in persons offences are gender -
           sensitive, victim centred, trauma-informed, rights-based and not prejudicial to the
           safety and security of victims,
                 Acknowledging that prisons can serve as potential incubators for radicalization
           to terrorism and terrorist recruitment, and that proper assessment and monitoring of
           imprisoned foreign terrorist fighters is critical to mitigate opportunities for terrorists
           to attract new recruits, recognizing that prisons can also serve to rehabilitate and
           reintegrate prisoners, where appropriate, and also recognizing that Member States
           may need to continue to engage with offenders after release from prison to avoid
           recidivism, in accordance with relevant international la w and taking into
           consideration, where appropriate, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for
           the Treatment of Prisoners, or “Nelson Mandela Rules”,
                 Noting that some member states may face technical assistance and capacity
           building challenges when implementing this resolution, and encouraging the
           provision of assistance from donor states to help address such gaps,
                Encouraging relevant UN entities, including UNODC and UNOCT, to further
           enhance, in close consultation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and CTED, the
           provision and delivery of technical assistance to States, upon request, to better support
           Member State efforts to implement this resolution,

           Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations
                 1.    Recalls its decision in resolution 2178 that all Member States shall
           establish serious criminal offenses regarding the travel, recruitment, and financing of
           foreign terrorist fighters, urges Member States to fully implement their obligations in
           this regard, including to ensure that their domestic laws and regulations establish
           serious criminal offenses sufficient to provide the ability to prosecute and to penalize
           in a manner duly reflecting the seriousness of the offense, and reiterates its call on
           Member States to cooperate and support each other’s efforts to counter violent
           extremism conducive to terrorism;

           Border Security and Information Sharing
                 2.   Calls upon Member States to prevent the movement of terrorists by
           effective national border controls and controls on issuance of id entity papers and
           travel documents, and through measures for preventing counterfeiting, forgery or
           fraudulent use of identity papers and travel documents;
                 3.     Calls upon Member States to notify, in a timely manner, upon travel,
           arrival, or deportation of captured or detained individuals whom they have reasonable

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               grounds to believe are terrorists, including suspected foreign terrorist fighters,
               including, as appropriate, the source country, destination country, any transit
               countries, all countries where the travelers hold citizenship, and including any
               additional relevant information about the individuals, and further calls upon Member
               States to cooperate and respond expeditiously and appropriately, and consistent with
               applicable international law, and to share such information with INTERPOL, as
               appropriate;
                     4.    Further calls upon Member States to assess and investigate individuals
               whom they have reasonable grounds to believe are terrorists, including suspected
               foreign terrorist fighters, and distinguish the m from other individuals, including their
               accompanying family members who may not have been engaged in foreign terrorist
               fighter-related offenses, including by employing evidence-based risk assessments,
               screening procedures, and the collection and analysis of travel data, in accordance
               with domestic and international law, including international human rights and
               humanitarian law, as applicable, without resorting to profiling based on any
               discriminatory ground prohibited by international law;
                     5.     Calls upon Member States, in accordance with domestic and international
               law, to intensify and accelerate the timely exchange of relevant operational
               information and financial intelligence regarding actions or movements, and patterns
               of movements, of terrorists or terrorist networks, including foreign terrorist fighters,
               including those who have travelled to the conflict zones or are suspected to have
               travelled to the conflict zones, and their families travelling back to their countries of
               origin or nationality, or to third countries, from conflict zones, especially the
               exchange of information with their countries of origin, residence or nationality,
               transit, as well as their destination country, through national, bilateral and multilateral
               mechanisms, such as INTERPOL;
                     6.   Urges Member States to expeditiously exchange information, through
               bilateral or multilateral mechanisms and in accordance with domestic and
               international law, concerning the identity of foreign terrorist fighters, including, as
               appropriate, foreign terrorist fighters of more than one nationality with Member
               States whose nationality the foreign terrorist fighter holds, as well as to ensure
               consular access by those Member States to their own detained nationals, in
               accordance with applicable international and domestic law;
                     7.     Calls upon Member States to take appropriate action, consistent with
               domestic law and applicable international law, including human rights law, to ensure
               that their domestic law enforcement, intelligence, counterterrorism, and mil itary
               entities routinely have access to relevant information, as appropriate, about suspected
               terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters;
                     8.   Urges that Member States consider, where appropriate, downgrading for
               official use intelligence threat and related travel data related to foreign terrorist
               fighters and individual terrorists, to appropriately provide such information
               domestically to front-line screeners, such as immigration, customs and border
               security agencies, and to appropriately share such information with other concerned
               States and relevant international organizations in compliance with international and
               domestic national law and policy; and to share good practices in this regard;
                    9.    Welcomes the approval by ICAO of the new Global Aviation Security Plan
               (GASeP) that provides the foundation for ICAO, Member States, the civil aviation
               industry, and other stakeholders to work together with the shared and common goal
               of enhancing aviation security worldwide and to achieve five key priority out comes,
               namely to enhance risk awareness and response, to develop security culture and
               human capability, to improve technological resources and innovation, to improve
               oversight and quality assurance, and to increase cooperation and support, and calls

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           for action at the global, regional, and national levels, as well as by industry and other
           stakeholders, in raising the level of effective implementation of global aviation
           security, urges ICAO, Member States, the civil aviation industry, and other relevant
           stakeholders to implement the GASeP and to fulfil the specific measures and tasks
           assigned to them in Appendix A to the GASeP, the Global Aviation Security Plan
           Roadmap, and encourages Member States to consider contributions to support
           ICAO’s work on aviation security;
                 10. Further welcomes the recognition in the GASeP of the importance of
           enhancing risk awareness and response, underlines the importance of a wider
           understanding of the threats and risks facing civil aviation, and calls upon all Member
           States to work within ICAO to ensure that its international security standards and
           recommended practices as set out in Annex 17 of the Chicago Convention and related
           to ICAO guidance material, are updated and reviewed, as appropriate, to effectively
           address the threat posed by terrorists targeting civil aviation;
                 11. Decides that, in furtherance of paragraph 9 of resolution 2178 and the
           standard established by ICAO that its Member States establish advance passenger
           information (API) systems as of October 23, 2017, that Member States shall require
           airlines operating in their territories to provide API to the appropriate national
           authorities, in accordance with domestic law and international obligations, in order
           to detect the departure from their territories, or attempted travel to, entry into or transit
           through their territories, by means of civil aircraft, of foreign terrorist fighters and
           individuals designated by the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267
           (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), and further calls upon Member States to report
           any such departure from their territories, or such attempted entry into or transit
           through their territories, by sharing this information with the State of residence or
           nationality, or the countries of return, transit or relocation, and relevant international
           organizations as appropriate and in accordance with domes tic law and international
           obligations, and to ensure API is analysed by all relevant authorities, with full respect
           for human rights and fundamental freedoms for the purpose of preventing, detecting,
           and investigating terrorist offenses and travel;
                 12. Decides that Member States shall develop the capability to collect, process
           and analyse, in furtherance of ICAO standards and recommended practices, passenger
           name record (PNR) data and to ensure PNR data is used by and shared with all their
           competent national authorities, with full respect for human rights and fundamental
           freedoms for the purpose of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offenses
           and related travel, further calls upon Member States, the UN, and other international,
           regional, and subregional entities to provide technical assistance, resources and
           capacity building to Member States in order to implement such capabilities, and,
           where appropriate, encourages Member States to share PNR data with relevant or
           concerned Member States to detect foreign terrorist fighters returning to their
           countries of origin or nationality, or traveling or relocating to a third country, with
           particular regard for all individuals designated by the Committee established pursuant
           to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), and 2253 (2015), and also urges ICAO to
           work with its Member States to establish a standard for the collection, use, processing
           and protection of PNR data;
                 13. Decides that Member States shall develop watch lists or databases of
           known and suspected terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters, for use by law
           enforcement, border security, customs, military, and intelligence agencies to screen
           travelers and conduct risk assessments and investigations, in compliance with
           domestic and international law, including human rights law, and encourages Member
           States to share this information through bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, in
           compliance with domestic and international human rights law, and further encourages
           the facilitation of capacity building and technical assistance by Member States and

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               other relevant Organizations to Member States as they seek to implement this
               obligation;
                     14. Encourages improved cooperation between ICAO and CTED, in
               coordination with other relevant UN entities, in identifying areas where Member
               States may need technical assistance and capacity-building to implement the
               obligations of this resolution related to PNR and API and watch lists, as well as
               implementation of the GaSEP;
                     15. Decides that Member States shall develop and implement systems to
               collect biometric data, which could include fingerprints, pho tographs, facial
               recognition, and other relevant identifying biometric data, in order to responsibly and
               properly identify terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters, in compliance with
               domestic law and international human rights law, calls upon other Member States,
               international, regional, and subregional entities to provide technical assistance,
               resources, and capacity building to Member States in order to implement such systems
               and encourages Member States to share this data responsibly among relevant Member
               States, as appropriate, and with INTERPOL and other relevant international bodies;
                      16. Calls upon Member States to contribute to and make use of INTERPOL’s
               databases and ensure that Member States’ law enforcement, border security and
               customs agencies are connected to these databases through their National Central
               Bureaus, and make regular use of INTERPOL databases for use in screening travelers
               at air, land and sea ports of entry and to strengthen investigations and risk assessments
               of returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their families, and further
               calls upon Member States to continue sharing information regarding all lost and
               stolen travel documents with INTERPOL, as appropriate and consistent with
               domestic law and applicable international law to enhance the operational
               effectiveness of INTERPOL databases and notices;

               Judicial Measures and International Cooperation
                     17. Recalls its decision, in resolution 1373 (2001), that all Member States shall
               ensure that any person who participates in the financing, planning, preparation or
               perpetration of terrorist acts or in support of terrorist acts is brought to justice, and
               further recalls its decision that all States shall ensure that their domestic laws and
               regulations establish serious criminal offenses sufficient to provide the ability to
               prosecute and to penalize the activities described in paragraph 6 of resolution 2178
               in a manner duly reflecting the seriousness of the offense;
                     18. Urges Member States, in accordance with domestic and applicable
               international human rights law and international humanitarian law, to develop and
               implement appropriate investigative and prosecutorial strategies, regarding those
               suspected of the foreign terrorist fighter-related offenses described in paragraph 6 of
               resolution 2178 (2014);
                     19. Reaffirms that those responsible for committing or otherwise responsible
               for terrorist acts, and violations of international humanitarian law or violations or
               abuses of human rights in this context, must be held accountable;
                     20. Calls upon Member States, including through relevant Central Authorities,
               as well as UNODC and other relevant UN entities that support capacity building, to
               share best practices and technical expertise, informally and formally, with a view to
               improving the collection, handling, preservation and sharing of relevant information
               and evidence, in accordance with domestic law and the obligations Member States
               have undertaken under international law, including information obtained from the
               internet, or in conflict zones, in order to ensure foreign terrorist fighters who have

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           committed crimes, including those returning and relocating to a nd from the conflict
           zone, may be prosecuted;
                 21. Encourages enhancing Member State cooperation with the private sector,
           in accordance with applicable law, especially with information communication
           technology companies, in gathering digital data and evid ence in cases related to
           terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters;
                  22. Calls upon Member States to improve international, regional, and sub
           regional cooperation, if appropriate through multilateral and bilateral agreements, to
           prevent the undetected travel of foreign terrorist fighters from or through their
           territories, especially returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters, including
           through increased sharing of information for the purpose of identifying foreign
           terrorist fighters, the sharing and adoption of best practices, and improved
           understanding of the patterns of travel by foreign terrorist fighters and their families,
           and for Member States to act cooperatively when taking national measures to prevent
           terrorists from exploiting technology, communications and resources to support
           terrorist acts, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and consistent
           with their obligations under domestic and applicable international law;
                 23. Recalls its decision in resolution 1373 (2001) that Member States shall
           afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with criminal
           investigations or proceedings relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts,
           including assistance in obtaining evidence in their possession necessary for the
           proceedings, and further underscores that this includes physical and digital evidence,
           underlines the importance of fulfilling this obligation with respect to such
           investigations or proceedings involving foreign terrorist fighters, while respecting
           human rights and fundamental freedoms and consistent with obligations under
           domestic and applicable international law; and urges Member States to act in
           accordance with their obligations under international law in order to find and bring
           to justice, extradite or prosecute any person who supports, facilitates, participates or
           attempts to participate in the direct or indirect financing of activities conducted by
           terrorists or terrorist groups;
                 24. Underscores the need for Member States to strengthen international
           judicial cooperation, as outlined in Resolution 2322 and in light of the evolving threat
           of foreign terrorist fighters, including, as appropriate, to use applicable international
           instruments to which they are parties as a basis for mutual legal assistance and, as
           appropriate, for extradition in terrorism cases, reiterates its call on Member States to
           consider strengthening the implementation of, and where appropriate, to review
           possibilities for enhancing the effectiveness of, their respective bilateral and
           multilateral treaties concerning extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal
           matters related to counterterrorism, and encourages Member States, in the absence of
           applicable conventions or provisions, to cooperate when possible on the basis of
           reciprocity or on a case by case basis, and reiterates its call upon Member States to
           consider the possibility of allowing, through appropriate laws and mechanisms, the
           transfer of criminal proceedings, as appropriate, in terrorism-related cases and
           recognizing the role of UNODC is providing technical assistance and expertise in this
           regard;
                 25. Calls upon Member States to help build the capacity of other Member
           States to address the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighter returnees and relocators
           and their accompanying family members, prioritizing those Member States most
           affected by the threat, including to prevent and monitor foreign terrorist fighter travel
           across land and maritime borders, and to help collect and preserve evidence
           admissible in judicial proceedings;

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                     26. Calls upon Member States to improve domestic information sharing within
               their respective criminal justice systems in order to more effectively monitor
               returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and other individuals radicalized to
               violence or directed by ISIL or other terrorist groups to commit terrorist acts, in
               accordance with international law;
                     27. Calls upon Member States to establish or strengthen national, regional and
               international partnerships with stakeholders, both public and private, as appropriate,
               to share information and experience in order to prevent, protect, mitigate, investigate,
               respond to and recover from damage from terrorist attacks against “soft” targets;
                     28. Urges States able to do so to assist in the delivery of effective and targeted
               capacity development, training and other necessary resources, and technical
               assistance, where it is needed to enable all States to develop appropriate capa city to
               implement contingency and response plans with regard to attacks on “soft” targets;

               Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Strategies
                     29. Calls upon Member States to assess and investigate suspected individuals
               whom they have reasonable grounds to believe are terrorists, including suspected
               foreign terrorist fighters and their accompanying family members, including spouses
               and children, entering those Member States’ territories, to develop and implement
               comprehensive risk assessments for those individuals, and to take appropriate action,
               including by considering appropriate prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration
               measures and emphasizes that Member States should ensure that they take all such
               action in compliance with domestic and international law;
                     30. Calls upon Member States, emphasizing that they are obliged, in
               accordance with resolution 1373, to ensure that any person who participates in the
               financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts or in supporting
               terrorist acts is brought to justice, to develop and implement comprehensive and
               tailored prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration strategies and protocols, in
               accordance with their obligations under international law, including with respect to
               foreign terrorist fighters and spouses and children accompanying returning and
               relocating foreign terrorist fighters, as well as their suitability for rehabilitation, and
               to do so in consultation, as appropriate, with local communities, mental health and
               education practitioners and other relevant civil society organizations and actors, and
               requests UNODC and other relevant UN agencies, consistent with their existing
               mandates and resources, and other relevant actors to continue providing technical
               assistance to Member States, upon request, in this regard;
                     31. Emphasizes that women and children associated with foreign terrorist
               fighters returning or relocating to and from conflict may have served in many different
               roles, including as supporters, facilitators, or perpetrators of terrorist acts, and require
               special focus when developing tailored prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration
               strategies, and stresses the importance of assisting women and children associated
               with foreign terrorist fighters who may be victims of terrorism, and to do so taking
               into account gender and age sensitivities;
                     32. Underscores the importance of a whole of government approach and
               recognizes the role civil society organizations can play, including in the health, social
               welfare and education sectors in contributing to the rehabilitation and reintegration
               of returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their families, as civil society
               organizations may have relevant knowledge of, access to and engagement with local
               communities to be able to confront the challenges of recruitment and radicalization
               to violence, and encourages Member States to engage with them proactively when
               developing rehabilitation and reintegration strategies;

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                33. Stresses the need to effectively counter the ways that ISIL, Al-Qaida, and
           associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities use their narratives to incite
           and recruit others to commit terrorist acts, and further recalls in this regard resolution
           2354 (2017) and the “Comprehensive International Framework to Counter Terrorist
           Narratives” (S/2017/375) with recommended guidelines and good practices;
                34. Encourages Member States to collaborate in the pursuit of developing and
           implementing effective counter-narrative strategies in accordance with resolution
           2354 (2017), including those relating to foreign terrorist fighters, in a manner
           compliant with their obligations under international law, including international
           human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law, as
           applicable;
                 35. Reiterates that States should consider engaging, where appropriate, with
           religious authorities, community leaders and other civil society actors, who have
           relevant expertise in crafting and delivering effective counter-narratives, in
           countering narratives used by terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters, and their
           supporters;
                 36. Recognizes the particular importance of providing, through a whole of
           government approach, timely and appropriate reintegration and rehabilitation
           assistance to children associated with foreign terrorist fighters returning or relocating
           from conflict zones, including through access to health care, psychosocial support
           and education programs that contribute to the well-being of children and to
           sustainable peace and security;
                 37. Encourages Member States to develop appropriate legal safeguards to
           ensure that prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies developed are in
           full compliance with their international law obligations, including in cases involving
           children;
                 38. Calls upon Member States to develop and implement risk assessment tools
           to identify individuals who demonstrate signs of radicalization to violence and
           develop intervention programs, including with a gender perspective, as appropriate,
           before such individuals commit acts of terrorism, in compliance with applicable
           international and domestic law and without resorting to profiling based on any
           discriminatory grounds prohibited by international law;
                 39. Encourages Member States, as well as international, regional, and sub -
           regional entities to ensure participation and leadership of women in the design,
           implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of these strategies for addressing
           returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their families;
                 40. Encourages Member States to take all appropriate actions to maintain a
           safe and humane environment in prisons, develop tools that can help address
           radicalization to violence and terrorist recruitment, and to develop risk assessments
           to assess the risks of prison inmates’ susceptibility to terrorist recruitment and
           radicalization to violence, and develop tailored and gender-sensitive strategies to
           address and counter terrorist narratives within the prison system, consistent with
           international humanitarian law and human rights law, as applicable and in accordance
           with relevant international law and taking into consideration, as appropriate, the
           United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, or “Nelson
           Mandela Rules”;
                 41. Encourages Member States to take all appropriate actions to prevent
           inmates who have been convicted of terrorism-related offenses from radicalizing
           other prisoners to violence, with whom they may come into contact, in compliance
           with domestic and international law;

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               United Nations Efforts on Returning and Relocating Foreign Terrorist Fighte rs
                     42. Reaffirms that foreign terrorist fighters and those who finance or otherwise
               facilitate their travel and subsequent activities may be eligible for inclusion on the
               ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List maintained by the Committee pursuant to
               resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), and 2253 (2015) where they participate in the
               financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
               conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of, supplying, selling
               or transferring arms and related materiel to, or recruiting for, or otherwise supporting
               acts or activities of Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative
               thereof, and calls upon States to propose such foreign terrorist fighters and those who
               facilitate or finance their travel and subsequent activities for possible designa tion;
                    43. Directs the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999),
               1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring
               Team, in close cooperation with all relevant United Nations counter-terrorism bodies,
               to continue to devote special focus to the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters,
               specifically those associated with ISIL, ANF and all groups, undertakings and entities
               associated with Al-Qaida;
                     44. Requests the Counter-Terrorism Committee, within its existing mandate
               and with the support of Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), to review
               the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principles in light of the evolving threat of foreign terrorist
               fighters, particularly returnees, relocators and their families, and other principle gaps
               that may hinder States’ abilities to appropriately detect, interdict, and where p ossible,
               prosecute, rehabilitate and reintegrate foreign terrorist fighter returnees and relocators
               and their families, as well as to continue to identify new good practices and to
               facilitate technical assistance, upon their request, specifically by promot ing
               engagement between providers of capacity-building assistance and recipients,
               especially those in the most affected regions, including through the development of
               comprehensive counter-terrorism strategies that encompass countering radicalization
               to violence and the return and relocation of foreign terrorist fighters and their
               families, recalling the roles of other relevant actors, for example the Global
               Counterterrorism Forum;
                     45. Further requests CTED, in coordination with UNODC and other relevant
               UN bodies, INTERPOL, and the private sector, and in collaboration with Member
               States, to continue to collect and develop best practices on the systematic
               categorization, collection and sharing among Member States of biometric data, with
               a view to improving biometric standards and improving the collection and use of
               biometric data to effectively identify terrorists, including foreign terrorist fighters,
               including through the facilitation of capacity building, as appropriate;
                    46. Requests the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999),
               1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee to update the
               Security Council on their respective efforts pursuant to this resolution, as appropriate;
                     47. Encourages relevant UN entities, including UNODC and UNOCT, to
               further enhance, in close consultation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and
               CTED, the provision and delivery of technical assistance to States, upon request, to
               better support Member State efforts to implement this resolution;
                     48. Notes that the implementation of aspects of this resolution, especially PNR
               and biometric data collection, can be resource-intensive and take an extended period
               of time to develop and make operational, directs CTED to take this into consideration
               when assessing Member States’ implementation of relevant resolutions, and in its
               furtherance of facilitating technical assistance as requested in paragraph 47;

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                 49. Urges the Office of Counterterrorism to incorporate CTED assessments
           and identification of emerging issues, trends and developments as related to foreign
           terrorist fighters into the design and implementation of their work, in accordance with
           their respective mandates, as well as to enhance cooperation with relevant UN
           counter-terrorism entities such as CTED, UNODC, the Analytical Support and
           Sanctions Monitoring Team, and INTERPOL;
                 50. Requests the Office of Counterterrorism, in close cooperation with CTED,
           including through use of CTED country assessments, to review the UN Capacity
           Building Implementation Plan to counter the Flow of FTFs, as called for under
           S/PRST/2015/11, to ensure that the Plan supports Member States in their efforts to
           implement the priorities of this resolution, the establishment of effective API systems,
           the development of PNR capability, the development of effective biome tric data
           systems, the improvement of judicial procedures, and the development of
           comprehensive and tailored prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration strategies,
           further requests OCT to communicate the prioritization of these projects and any
           updates to the plan to all Member States and relevant international, regional, and sub -
           regional bodies by June 2018, and to continue incorporating CTED country
           assessments in its Plan on a routine basis, further requests OCT to develop ways to
           measure the effectiveness of these projects, and calls upon Member States, as
           appropriate, to provide the resources needed to implement these projects;
                51.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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               Security Council                                                    Distr.: General
                                                                                22 December 2017

               Resolution 2397 (2017)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8151st meeting, on
               22 December 2017

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 ( 1993),
               resolution 1695 (2006), resolution 1718 (2006), resolution 1874 (2009), resolution
               1887 (2009), resolution 2087 (2013), resolution 2094 (2013), resolution 2270 (2016),
               resolution 2321 (2016), resolution 2356 (2017), resolution 2371 (2017), resolution
               2375 (2017), as well as the statements of its President of 6 October 2006
               (S/PRST/2006/41), 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7), 16 April 2012
               (S/PRST/2012/13), and 29 August 2017 (S/PRST/2017/16),
                     Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as
               well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
                     Expressing its gravest concern at the ballistic missile launch by the Democratic
               People’s Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on 28 November 2017 in violation of
               resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016) 2321
               (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), and 2375 (2017) and at the challenge such a test
               constitutes to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”) and
               to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non -proliferation
               of nuclear weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and
               beyond,
                     Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other security
               and humanitarian concerns of the international community including the necessity of
               the DPRK respecting and ensuring the welfare, inherent dignity, and rights of people
               in the DPRK, and expressing great concern that the DPRK continues to develop
               nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by diverting critically needed resources away
               from the people in the DPRK at tremendous cost when they have great unmet needs,
                     Acknowledging that the proceeds of the DPRK’s trade in sectoral goods,
               including but not limited to coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore, textiles, seafood, gold,
               silver, rare earth minerals, and other prohibited metals, as well as the revenue
               generated from DPRK workers overseas, among others, contribute to the DPRK’s
               nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs,
                     Expressing its gravest concern that the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear- and ballistic
               missile-related activities have destabilized the region and beyond, and determining
               that there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security,

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                   Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and taking
               measures under Article 41,
                    1.    Condemns in the strongest terms the ballistic missile launch conducted by
               the DPRK on 28 November 2017 in violation and flagrant disregard of the Security
               Council’s resolutions;
                     2.   Reaffirms its decisions that the DPRK shall not conduct any further
               launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other provocation;
               shall immediately suspend all activities related to its ballistic missil e program and in
               this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on all missile
               launches; shall immediately abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear
               programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease
               all related activities; and shall abandon any other existing weapons of mass
               destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible
               manner;

               Designations
                     3.   Decides that the measures specified in paragraph 8(d) of resolution 1718
               (2006) shall apply also to the individuals and entities listed in Annex I and II of this
               resolution and to any individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction,
               and to entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means, and
               decides further that the measures specified in paragraph 8(e) of resolution 1718
               (2006) shall also apply to the individuals listed in Annex I of this resolution and to
               individuals acting on their behalf or at their direction;

               Sectoral
                     4.    Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect supply,
               sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using
               their flag vessels, aircraft, pipelines, rail lines, or vehicles and whether or not
               originating in their territories, of all crude oil, unless the Committee approves in
               advance on a case-by-case basis a shipment of crude oil which is exclusively for
               livelihood purposes of DPRK nationals and unrelated to the DPRK’s nuclear or
               ballistic missile programmes or other activities prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006),
               1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
               (2017), 2375 (2017) or this resolution, further decides that this prohibition shall not
               apply with respect to crude oil that, for a period of twelve months after the date of
               adoption of this resolution, and for twelve months periods thereafter, does not exceed
               4 million barrels or 525,000 tons in the aggregate per twelve month period, and
               decides that all Member States providing crude oil shall provide a report to the
               Committee every 90 days from the date of adoption of this resolution of the amount
               of crude oil provided to the DPRK;
                     5.    Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect supply,
               sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using
               their flag vessels, aircraft, pipelines, rail lines, or vehicles, and whether or not
               originating in their territories, of all refined petroleum products, decides that the
               DPRK shall not procure such products, further decides that this provision shall not
               apply with respect to procurement by the DPRK or the direct or indirect supply, sa le,
               or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using their
               flag vessels, aircraft, pipelines, rail lines, or vehicles, and whether or not originating
               in their territories, of refined petroleum products, including diesel an d kerosene, in
               the aggregate amount of up to 500,000 barrels during a period of twelve months
               beginning on January 1, 2018, and for twelve month periods thereafter, provided that
               (a) the Member State notifies the Committee every thirty days of the amount o f such

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           supply, sale, or transfer to the DPRK of refined petroleum products along with
           information about all the parties to the transaction, (b) the supply, sale, or transfer of
           refined petroleum products involve no individuals or entities that are associat ed with
           the DPRK’s nuclear or ballistic missile programmes or other activities prohibited by
           resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321
           (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), or this resolution, including
           designated individuals or entities, or individuals or entities acting on their behalf or
           at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them, directly or indirectly, or
           individuals or entities assisting in the evasion of sanctions, and (c) the supply, sale,
           or transfer of refined petroleum products are exclusively for livelihood purposes of
           DPRK nationals and unrelated to generating revenue for the DPRK’s nuclear or
           ballistic missile programmes or other activities prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006),
           1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
           (2017), 2375 (2017) or this resolution, directs the Committee Secretary beginning on
           1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount of refined
           petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 75 per cent of the
           aggregate yearly amounts have been reached, also directs the Committee Secretary
           beginning on 1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount
           of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 90 per
           cent of the aggregate yearly amounts have been reached, and further directs the
           Committee Secretary beginning on 1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when
           an aggregate amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to
           the DPRK of 95 per cent of the aggregate yearly amounts have been reached and to
           inform them that they must immediately cease selling, supplying, or transferring
           refined petroleum products to the DPRK for the remainder of the year, directs the
           Committee to make publicly available on its website the total amount of refined
           petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK by month and by
           source country, directs the Committee to update this information on a real-time basis
           as it receives notifications from Member States, calls upon all Member States to
           regularly review this website to comply with the annual limits for refined petroleum
           products established by this provision beginning on 1 January 2018, directs the Panel
           of Experts to closely monitor the implementation efforts of all Member States to
           provide assistance and ensure full and global compliance, and requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to this effect and provide additional
           resources in this regard;
                 6.    Decides that the DPRK shall not supply, sell or transfer, directly or
           indirectly, from its territory or by its nationals or using its flag vessels or aircraft,
           food and agricultural products (HS codes 12, 08, 07), machinery (HS code 84),
           electrical equipment (HS code 85), earth and stone including magnesite and magnesia
           (HS code 25), wood (HS code 44), and vessels (HS code 89), and that all States shall
           prohibit the procurement of the above-mentioned commodities and products from the
           DPRK by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, whether or not
           originating in the territory of the DPRK, clarifies that the full sectoral ban on seafood
           in paragraph 9 of resolution 2371 (2017) prohibits the DPRK from selling or
           transferring, directly or indirectly, fishing rights, and further decides that for sales of
           and transactions involving all commodities and products from the DPRK whose
           transfer, supply, or sale by the DPRK are prohibited by this paragraph and for which
           written contracts have been finalized prior to the adoption of this resolution, all States
           may only allow those shipments to be imported into their territories up to 30 days
           from the date of adoption of this resolution with notification provided to the
           Committee containing details on those imports by no later than 45 days after the date
           of adoption of this resolution;
                 7.    Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect supply,
           sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by th eir nationals, or using

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               their flag vessels, aircraft, pipelines, rail lines, or vehicles and whether or not
               originating in their territories, of all industrial machinery (HS codes 84 and 85),
               transportation vehicles (HS codes 86 through 89), and iron, stee l, and other metals
               (HS codes 72 through 83) and further decides that this provision shall not apply with
               respect to the provision of spare parts needed to maintain the safe operation of DPRK
               commercial civilian passenger aircraft (currently consisting of the following aircraft
               models and types: An-24R/RV, An-148-100B, Il-18D, Il-62M, Tu-134B-3, Tu-154B,
               Tu-204-100B, and Tu-204-300);
                     8.    Expresses concern that DPRK nationals continue to work in other States
               for the purpose of generating foreign export earnings that the DPRK uses to support
               its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs despite the adoption of paragraph
               17 of resolution 2375 (2017), decides that Member States shall repatriate to the DPRK
               all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction and all DPRK
               government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad immediately
               but no later than 24 months from the date of adoption of this resolution unless the
               Member State determines that a DPRK national is a national of that Member State or
               a DPRK national whose repatriation is prohibited, subject to applicable national and
               international law, including international refugee law and international human rights
               law, and the United Nations Headquarters Agreement and the Convention on the
               Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, and further decides that all Member
               States shall provide a midterm report by 15 months from the date of adoption of this
               resolution of all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction
               that were repatriated over the 12 month period starting from the date of adoption of
               this resolution, including an explanation of why less than half of such DPRK nationals
               were repatriated by the end of that 12 month period if applicable, and all Member
               States shall provide final reports by 27 months from the date of adoption of this
               resolution;

               Maritime Interdiction of Cargo Vessels
                     9.    Notes with great concern that the DPRK is illicitly exporting coal and
               other prohibited items through deceptive maritime practices and obtaining petroleum
               illegally through ship-to-ship transfers and decides that Member States shall seize,
               inspect, and freeze (impound) any vessel in their ports, an d may seize, inspect, and
               freeze (impound) any vessel subject to its jurisdiction in its territorial waters, if the
               Member State has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel was involved in
               activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874
               (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
               (2017), 2375 (2017), or this resolution, encourages Member States to consult with
               the flag States of relevant vessels once they are seized, inspected, and frozen
               (impounded), and further decides that, after six months from the date such vessels
               were frozen (impounded), this provision shall not apply if the Committee decides, on
               a case-by-case basis and upon request of a flag State, that adequate arrangements have
               been made to prevent the vessel from contributing to future violations of these
               resolutions;
                    10. Decides that when a Member State has information to suspect that the
               DPRK is attempting to supply, sell, transfer or procure, directly or indirectly, illicit
               cargo, that Member State may request additional maritime and shipping information
               from other relevant Member States, including to determine whether the item,
               commodity, or product in question originated from the DPRK, further decides that all
               Member States receiving such inquiries shall respond as promptly as possible to such
               requests in an appropriate manner, decides that the Committee, with the support of its
               Panel of Experts, shall facilitate timely coordination of such information requests
               through an expedited process, and requests the Secretary-General to make the

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           necessary arrangements to this effect and provide additional resources to the
           Committee and the Panel of Experts in this regard;
                 11. Reaffirms paragraph 22 of resolution 2321 (2016) and decides that each
           Member State shall prohibit its nationals, persons subject to its jurisdiction and
           entities incorporated in its territory or subject to its jurisdiction from providing
           insurance or re-insurance services to vessels it has reasonable grounds to believe were
           involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006),
           1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
           (2017), 2375 (2017), or this resolution, unless the Committee determines on a caseby-case basis that the vessel is engaged in activities exclusively for livelihood
           purposes which will not be used by DPRK individuals or entities to generate revenue
           or exclusively for humanitarian purposes;
                 12. Reaffirms paragraph 24 of resolution 2321 (2016) and decides that each
           Member State shall de-register any vessel it has reasonable grounds to believe was
           involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006),
           1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
           (2017), 2375 (2017), or this resolution and prohibit its nationals, persons subject to
           its jurisdiction and entities incorporated in its territory or subject to its jurisdiction
           from thereafter providing classification services to such a vessel except as approved
           in advance by the Committee on a case-by-case basis, and further decides that
           Member States shall not register any such vessel that has been de -registered by
           another Member State pursuant to this paragraph except as approved in advance by
           the Committee on a case-by-case basis;
                 13. Expresses concern that DPRK-flagged, controlled, chartered, or operated
           vessels intentionally disregard requirements to operate their automatic identification
           systems (AIS) to evade UNSCR sanctions monitoring by turning off such systems to
           mask their full movement history and calls upon Member States to exercise enhanced
           vigilance with regards to such vessels conducting activities prohibited by resolutions
           1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356
           (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), or this resolution;
                 14. Recalls paragraph 30 of resolution 2321 (2016) and decides that all
           Member States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the
           DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or
           aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of any new or used vessels,
           except as approved in advance by the Committee on a case-by-case basis;
                 15. Decides that, if a Member State has information regarding the number,
           name, and registry of vessels encountered in its territory or on the high seas that are
           designated by the Security Council or by the Committee as sub ject to the asset freeze
           imposed by paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718 (2006), the various measures imposed
           by paragraph 12 of resolution 2321 (2016), the port entry ban imposed by paragraph
           6 of resolution 2371 (2017), or relevant measures in this resolution, then the Member
           State shall notify the Committee of this information and what measures were t aken to
           carry out an inspection, an asset freeze and impoundment or other appropriate action
           as authorized by the relevant provisions of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009),
           2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375
           (2017), or this resolution;
                 16. Decides that the provisions of this resolution shall not apply with respect
           solely to the trans-shipment of Russia-origin coal to other countries through the
           Russia-DPRK Rajin-Khasan port and rail project, as permitted by paragraph 8 of
           resolution 2371 (2017) and paragraph 18 of resolution 2375 (2017);

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               Sanctions Implementation
                     17. Decides that Member States shall report to the Security Council within
               ninety days of the adoption of this resolution, and thereafter upon request by the
               Committee, on concrete measures they have taken in order to implement effectively
               the provisions of this resolution, requests the Panel of Experts, in cooperation with
               other UN sanctions monitoring groups, to continue its efforts to assist Member States
               in preparing and submitting such reports in a timely manner;
                    18. Calls upon all Member States to redouble efforts to implement in full the
               measures in resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) 2270
               (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) and this resolution and
               to cooperate with each other in doing so, particularly with respect to inspecting,
               detecting and seizing items the transfer of which is prohibited by these r esolutions;
                     19. Decides that the mandate of the Committee, as set out in paragraph 12 of
               resolution 1718 (2006), shall apply with respect to the measures imposed in this
               resolution and further decides that the mandate of the Panel of Experts, as specified
               in paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009) and modified in paragraph 1 of resolution
               2345 (2017), shall also apply with respect to the measures imposed in this resolution;
                     20. Decides to authorize all Member States to, and that all Member States
               shall, seize and dispose (such as through destruction, rendering inoperable or
               unusable, storage, or transferring to a State other than the originating or destination
               States for disposal) of items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is prohibited
               by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016),
               2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) or this resolution that are
               identified in inspections, in a manner that is not inconsistent with their obligations
               under applicable Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1540 (2004), as
               well as any obligations of parties to the NPT, the Convention on the Prohibition of
               the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on
               Their Development of 29 April 1997, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the
               Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
               Weapons and on Their Destruction of 10 April 1972;
                     21. Emphasizes the importance of all States, including the DPRK, taking the
               necessary measures to ensure that no claim shall lie at the instance o f the DPRK, or
               of any person or entity in the DPRK, or of persons or entities designated for measures
               set forth in resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270
               (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) or this resolution, or any
               person claiming through or for the benefit of any such person or entity, in connection
               with any contract or other transaction where its performance was prevented by reason
               of the measures imposed by this resolution or previous resolutions;
                    22. Emphasizes that the measures set forth in resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874
               (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
               (2017), 2375 (2017) and this resolution shall in no way impede the activities of
               diplomatic or consular missions in the DPRK pursuant to the Vienna Conventions on
               Diplomatic and Consular Relations;

               Political
                     23. Reiterates its deep concern at the grave hardship that the people in the
               DPRK are subjected to, condemns the DPRK for pursuing nuclear weapons and
               ballistic missiles instead of the welfare of its people while p eople in the DPRK have
               great unmet needs, emphasizes the necessity of the DPRK respecting and ensuring the
               welfare and inherent dignity of people in the DPRK, and demands that the DPRK stop

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           diverting its scarce resources toward its development of nuclear weapons and ballistic
           missiles at the cost of the people in the DPRK;
                 24. Regrets the DPRK’s massive diversion of its scarce resources toward its
           development of nuclear weapons and a number of expensive ballistic missile
           programs, notes the findings of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
           Humanitarian Assistance that well over half of the people in the DPRK suffer from
           major insecurities in food and medical care, including a very large number of pregnant
           and lactating women and under-five children who are at risk of malnutrition and 41%
           of its total population who are undernourished, and, in this context, expresses deep
           concern at the grave hardship to which the people in the DPRK are subjected;
                 25. Reaffirms that the measures imposed by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874
           (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
           (2017), 2375 (2017) and this resolution are not intended to have adverse humanitarian
           consequences for the civilian population of the DPRK or to affect negatively or
           restrict those activities, including economic activities and cooperation, food aid and
           humanitarian assistance, that are not prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874
           (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
           (2017), 2375 (2017) and this resolution, and the work of international and
           non-governmental organizations carrying out assistance and relief activities in the
           DPRK for the benefit of the civilian population of the DPRK, stresses the DPRK’s
           primary responsibility and need to fully provide for the livelihood needs of peopl e in
           the DPRK, and decides that the Committee may, on a case-by-case basis, exempt any
           activity from the measures imposed by these resolutions if the committee determines
           that such an exemption is necessary to facilitate the work of such organizations in t he
           DPRK or for any other purpose consistent with the objectives of these resolutions;
                 26. Reaffirms its support for the Six Party Talks, calls for their resumption,
           and reiterates its support for the commitments set forth in the Joint Statement of
           19 September 2005 issued by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
           Russian Federation, and the United States, including that the goal of the Six -Party
           Talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner
           and the return of the DPRK to the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and International
           Atomic Energy Agency safeguards at an early date, bearing in mind the rights and
           obligations of States parties to the NPT and underlining the need for all States parties
           to the NPT to continue to comply with their Treaty obligations, that the United States
           and the DPRK undertook to respect each other’s sovereignty and exist peacefully
           together, that the Six Parties undertook to promote economic cooperation, and all
           other relevant commitments;
                27. Reiterates the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the Korean
           Peninsula and in north-east Asia at large, and expresses its commitment to a peaceful,
           diplomatic, and political solution to the situation and welcomes efforts by the Cou ncil
           members as well as other States to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive solution
           through dialogue and stresses the importance of working to reduce tensions in the
           Korean Peninsula and beyond;
                 28. Affirms that it shall keep the DPRK’s actions under continuous review and
           is prepared to strengthen, modify, suspend or lift the measures as may be needed in
           light of the DPRK’s compliance, and, in this regard, expresses its determination to
           take further significant measures in the event of a further DPRK nuclear test or
           launch, and decides that, if the DPRK conducts a further nuclear test or a launch of a
           ballistic missile system capable of reaching intercontinental ranges or contributing to
           the development of a ballistic missile system capable of such ranges, then the Security
           Council will take action to restrict further the export to the DPRK of petroleum;
                29.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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Annex I
               Travel Ban/Asset Freeze (Individuals)

               1.   CH’OE SO’K MIN
                    a.   Description: Ch’oe So’k-min is an overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                         representative. In 2016, Ch’oe So’k-min was the deputy representative at
                         the Foreign Trade Bank branch office in that overseas location. He has
                         been associated with cash transfers from that overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                         office to banks affiliated with North Korean special organizations and
                         Reconnaissance General Bureau operatives located overseas in an effort to
                         evade sanctions.
                    b.   AKA: n/a
                    c.   Identifiers: DOB: 25 July 1978; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
               2.   CHU HYO’K
                    a.   Description: Chu Hyo’k is a North Korean national who is an overseas
                         Foreign Trade Bank representative.
                    b.   AKA: Ju Hyok
                    c.   Identifiers: DOB: 23 November 1986; Passport No. 836420186 issued
                         28 October 2016 expires 28 October 2021; Nationality: DPRK; Ge nder:
                         male
               3.   KIM JONG SIK
                    a.   Description: A leading official guiding the DPRK’s WMD development
                         efforts. Serving as Deputy Director of the Workers’ Party of Korea
                         Munitions Industry Department.
                    b.   A.K.A.: Kim Cho’ng-sik
                    c.   Identifiers: YOB: between 1967 and 1969; Nationality: DPRK; Gender:
                         male; Address: DPRK
               4.   KIM KYONG IL
                    a.   Description: Kim Kyong Il is a Foreign Trade Bank deputy chief
                         representative in Libya.
                    b.   AKA: Kim Kyo’ng-il
                    c.   Identifiers: Location Libya; DOB: 01 August             1979;   Passpor t
                         No. 836210029; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
               5.   KIM TONG CHOL
                    a.   Description: Kim Tong Chol is an overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                         representative.
                    b.   AKA: Kim Tong-ch’o’l
                    c.   Identifiers: DOB: 28 January 1966; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
               6.   KO CHOL MAN
                    a.   Description: Ko Chol Man is an overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                         representative.
                    b.   AKA: Ko Ch’o’l-man

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                 c.   Identifiers: DOB: 30 September 1967; Passport No. 472420180;
                      Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
           7.    KU JA HYONG
                 a.   Description: Ku Ja Hyong is a Foreign Trade Bank chief representative in
                      Libya.
                 b.   AKA: Ku Cha-hyo’ng
                 c.   Identifiers: Location Libya; DOB: 08 September 1957; Nationality:
                      DPRK; Gender: male
           8.    MUN KYONG HWAN
                 a.   Description: Mun Kyong Hwan is an overseas Bank of East Land
                      representative.
                 b.   AKA: Mun Kyo’ng-hwan
                 c.   Identifiers: DOB: 22 August 1967; Passport No. 381120660 expires
                      25 March 2016; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
           9.    PAE WON UK
                 a.   Description: Pae Won Uk is an overseas Daesong Bank representative.
                 b.   AKA: Pae Wo’n-uk
                 c.   Identifiers: DOB: 22 August 1969; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male;
                      Passport No. 472120208 expires 22 Feb 2017
           10.   PAK BONG NAM
                 a.   Description: Pak Bong Nam is an overseas Ilsim International Bank
                      representative.
                 b.   AKA: Lui Wai Ming; Pak Pong Nam; Pak Pong-nam
                 c.   Identifiers: DOB: 06 May 1969; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
                 d.   Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
           11.   PAK MUN IL
                 a.   Description: Pak Mun Il is an overseas official of Korea Daesong Bank.
                 b.   AKA: Pak Mun-il
                 c.   Identifiers: DOB 01 January 1965; Passport No. 563335509 expires
                      27 August 2018; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
           12.   RI CHUN HWAN
                 a.   Description: Ri Chun Hwan is an overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                      representative.
                 b.   AKA: Ri Ch’un-hwan
                 c.   Identifiers: DOB 21 August 1957; Passport No. 563233049 expires
                      09 May 2018; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
           13.   RI CHUN SONG
                 a.   Description: Ri Chun Song is an overseas Foreign Trade Bank
                      representative.
                 b.   AKA: Ri Ch’un-so’ng

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                     c.   Identifiers: DOB: 30 October 1965; Passport No. 654133553 expires
                          11 March 2019; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
               14.   RI PYONG CHUL
                     a.   Description: Alternate Member of the Political Bureau of the Workers’
                          Party of Korea and First Vice Director of the Munitions Industry
                          Department.
                     b.   A.K.A.: Ri Pyo’ng-ch’o’l
                     c.   Identifiers: YOB: 1948; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male; Address:
                          DPRK
               15.   RI SONG HYOK
                     a.   Description: Ri Song Hyok is an overseas representative for Koryo Bank
                          and Koryo Credit Development Bank and has reportedly established front
                          companies to procure items and conduct financial transactions on behalf
                          of North Korea.
                     b.   AKA: Li Cheng He
                     c.   Identifiers: DOB: 19 March 1965; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male
               16.   RI U’N SO’NG
                     a.   Description: Ri U’n-so’ng is an overseas Korea Unification Development
                          Bank representative.
                     b.   AKA: Ri Eun Song; Ri Un Song
                     c.   Identifiers: DOB: 23 July 1969; Nationality: DPRK; Gender: male

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Annex II
           Asset Freeze (Entities)

           1.   MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE’S ARMED FORCES (MPAF)
                a.   Description: The Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces manages the
                     general administrative and logistical needs of the Korean People’s Army.
                b.   Location: Pyongyang, DPRK

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