De-Listing and Access to Frozen Funds or Other Assets

• For persons and entities listed under the ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida sanctions regime under resolutions 1267/1989/2253, de-listing requests may be submitted to the UN Office of the Ombudsperson. The Ombudsperson is an independent and impartial mechanism that reviews requests from individuals, groups, undertakings or entities seeking removal from the ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
  • Link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/ombudsperson

• For persons and entities listed under the Taliban sanctions regime under resolution 1988, de-listing requests may be submitted through the UN Focal Point for De-listing or through the petitioner’s State of residence or citizenship. The UN website also notes that new procedures under resolution 2744 (2024) will apply once the Secretary-General appoints a new Focal Point, and that questions may be directed to delisting@un.org in the interim.
  • Link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/delisting

• For persons and entities listed under the DPRK sanctions regime under resolution 1718 and successor resolutions, de-listing requests may also be submitted through the UN Focal Point for De-listing. Requests for access to frozen funds or other financial assets or economic resources must be made through the relevant UN exemption process. The 1718 Committee’s assets-freeze exemption page explains that Member States may request access to frozen funds for purposes such as basic expenses, extraordinary expenses, judicial/administrative/arbitral liens or judgments, and other purposes permitted under the relevant resolutions and Committee Guidelines.
  • De-listing link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/delisting
  • Assets-freeze exemption link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1718/exemptions-measures/assets-freeze

• For persons and entities listed under the Iran sanctions regime under resolution 1737 and successor resolutions, de-listing information is available through the 1737 Committee’s procedures for de-listing. Requests for access to frozen funds or other financial assets or economic resources must be made through the relevant UN exemption process. The 1737 Committee’s assets-freeze exemption page explains that Member States may request access to frozen funds or other financial assets or economic resources where permitted by the relevant UN procedures. The UN website confirms that the 1737 Sanctions List was re-established effective 27 September 2025 following the re-application of earlier Iran sanctions resolutions.
  • De-listing link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1737/materials/procedures-delisting
  • Assets-freeze exemption link: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1737/exemptions/assets-freeze

Where a person or entity is specified in Fiji because of a UN listing, Fiji’s domestic specification ceases when that person or entity is de-listed by the UNSC or the relevant UN Sanctions Committee, consistent with section 12R(6) of the Public Order Act.