Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 5) 2016
I, JULIE ISABEL BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this declaration under subsection 15A (2) of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.
Dated 10 November 2016
[signed]
JULIE BISHOP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
1 Name of Declaration
This Declaration is the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 5) 2016.
2 Commencement
This Declaration commences upon signature.
3 Persons, entities and assets
For section 15A of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act), I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the persons and entities specified in Schedule 1 are persons and entities mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and declare that each of their listings under section 15 of the Act continues to have effect.
Note 1: Under section 20 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Minister must be satisfied that the person or entity is mentioned in paragraph 1 (c) of Resolution 1373 (2001) of the Security Council of the United Nations.
Note 2: Under section 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a list of all persons, entities, assets and classes of assets currently listed under section 15 of the Act, and has published this list on the internet at www.dfat.gov.au/sanctions/consolidated-list.html.
Note 3: Additional information about the listing of persons and entities under section 15 of the Act is set out in Schedule 2.
Schedule 1
The listing of the following entities continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Al-Shabaab
Aliases: Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya; Harakat al-shabaab al-Mujahideen; Young Mujahideen Movement in Somalia; Young Mujahideen Movement; Mujahdin Youth Movement; Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement; Al-Shabab; Shabaab; The Youth; Mujahidin al-Shabaab Movement; Mujahideen Youth Movement; MYM; Harakat Shabab al-Mujahidin; Hizbul Shabaab; Hisb’ul Shabaab; Youth Wing; Al-Shabaab Al-Islaam; Al-Shabaab Al-Jihaad; The Unity of Islamic Youth; Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahidiin; Harakatul Shabaab al Mujaahidiin; Mujaahidiin Youth Movement
Address: Somalia
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 August 2009. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Al-Shabaab, or ‘the youth’, was formed out of the militant wing of the former Somali Council of Islamic Courts.
Primary Name: Gama’a al-Islamiyya
Aliases: GI; Islamic Group; IG; Al-Gama’at; Islamic Gama’at; Egyptian Al’Gama’at al-Islamiyya
Address: Egypt
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 June 2003. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Gama’a al-Islamiyya is an Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement.
The listing of the following entities continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Hizballah
Aliases: Hezballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad Organization, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Organization of Right against Wrong, Ansar Allah, Followers of the Prophet Muhammed
Address: Lebanon
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 17 April 2002. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Hizballah (the Party of God) was established in 1982 in Lebanon, with the primary aim of establishing a theocratic state in Lebanon. It has evolved to pursue a socio-political agenda, including the provision of social services. Hizballah’s External Security Organisation is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of terrorist attacks against Hizballah’s enemies outside of Lebanon.
Primary Name: Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Aliases: Halu Mesru Savunma Kuvveti; Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan; PKK; The People’s Defense Force; Kurdistan People’s Congress; People’s Congress of Kurdistan; Kongra-Gel; HSK
Address: Turkey
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was formed in the late 1970s and launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984.
Primary Name: Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front
Aliases: Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi, DHKP/C, Devrimci Sol, Revolutionary Left, Dev Sol, Dev Sol Silahli Devrimci Birlikleri, Dev Sol SDB, Dev Sol Armed Revolutionary Units
Address: Turkey
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front is a left-wing militant group committed to the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist state in Turkey.
The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed AL-NASSER
Place of birth: Al Ihsa, Saudi Arabia
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Primary Name: Ahmad Ibrahim AL-MUGHASSIL
Alias: Abu OMRAN; Ahmed Ibrahim AL-MUGHASSIL
Address: Saudi Arabia (detained)
Date of birth: 26 June 1967
Place of birth: Qatif Bab al Shamal, Saudi Arabia
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Primary Name: Ali ATWA
Aliases: Ammar Mansour Bouslim, Hassan Rostom Salim
Date of birth: 1960
Place of birth: Lebanon
Citizenship: Lebanon
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Primary Name: Ali Saed Bin Ali EL-HOORIE
Aliases: Ali Saed Bin Ali Al-Houri, Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Houri
Date of birth: 10 July 1965 or 11 July 1965
Place of birth: El Dibabiya, Saudi Arabia
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Assad Ahmad BARAKAT
Aliases: Assad Hassan Barakat, Assad Barakat, Jach Assad Ahmad Barakat, Hajj As’ad Ahmad, Assad Ahmed Muhammad Barakat
Address: (As of 2011) Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. (Brazilian Residences as of January 2002) Rue Taroba 1005, Beatriz Menez Building, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Rua Rio Branco, Lote 682, Quadra 13, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Rua Xavier Da Silva 535, Edificio Martin Terro, Apartment 30, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. (Brazilian Residences as of January 2001): Rua Silva Jardim 290, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. (Chilean Residences): Arrecife Apartment Building, Iquique, Chile; Apartment 111, Panorama Building, Iquique, Chile. (Paraguayan Residences) Piribebuy Y A. Jara, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, phone: 061-514-932
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 17 November 2004. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Primary Name: Hasan IZZ-AL-DIN
Aliases: Ahmed Garbaya, Sa-id, Samir Salwwan
Date of birth: 1963
Place of birth: Lebanon
Citizenship: Lebanon
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Primary Name: Ibrahim Salih Mohammed AL-YACOUB
Date of birth: 16 October 1966
Place of birth: Tarut, Saudi Arabia
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 21 December 2001. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 18 November 2013.
Additional information: Associated with Hizballah.
Schedule 2
Request for statement of reasons
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with an unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing. Requests may be submitted in writing to:
Director, Legal
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for revocation of a listing
A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked. The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application. Applications may be submitted to:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
c/o Director
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with frozen assets
The owner or holder of a frozen asset may apply for authorisation to use or deal with the asset in a specified way. The application must be in writing and specify whether the application relates to a basic expense dealing, a contractual dealing or an extraordinary expense dealing as those terms are defined in section 30 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008. Applications may be submitted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Online Sanctions Administration System at https://sanctions.dfat.gov.au.
