UN Security Council Resolution 2253 | ||
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Date | 17 December 2015 | |
Meeting no. | 7587 | |
Code | S/RES/2253 (Document) | |
Subject | Security Council Expands Sanctions Framework to Include Islamic State in Iraq and Levant | |
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Result | Adopted | |
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2253 was prepared by the United States and Russia and was unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council on 17 December 2015. The resolution specified that the sanctions that were already in force against Al Qaeda would also focus on the Islamic State in Iraq and to (ISIL/Da’esh). This resolution summed up the criteria according to which persons and organizations could end up on the sanctions list. Countries were also asked to take stricter action to cut off the financing of terrorist groups.[1]