Travel Ban | Security Council

Travel Ban

I. Relevant Security Council resolutions and Committee Guidelines
The exemptions to the journey ban are supplied for by the next:
•    Security Council Resolution 1803 (2008): paragraph 6
•    Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010): paragraph 10
•    Committee Guidelines: Section 41 to 47

II. Who is entitled to submit the request for exemptions to the journey ban?
The State of which the listed particular person is a nationwide or resident.

III. What must be included within the request for exemption to the journey ban?
All requests ought to embody details about the aim and justification for the proposed journey, with copies of assist paperwork, together with particular particulars of conferences or appointments, in addition to the next info:
1.    Name, nationality and passport quantity(s) of the individual(s) endeavor the journey.
2.    The proposed dates and instances of departure from and return to the nation from which the journey is to begin.
3.    The full journey itinerary, together with the ports of departure and return and all transit stops.
4.    Details of the mode of transport for use, together with, as relevant, report locator, flight quantity(s) and identify(s) of vessel(s).
5.    Information in regards to the objective(s) of the proposed journey, with copies of supporting paperwork furnishing particulars supporting the request in accordance with paragraph 6 of decision 1803 (2008) and paragraph 10 of decision 1929 (2010), comparable to dates and instances of conferences or appointments.

IV. How to make requests for exemptions to the journey ban?
Please ship the requests for exemptions to the journey bans to:
•    The Chair of the Committee

With copy to:
•    The Secretary of the Committee, Email: [email protected] 

V. Decision Making of the Committee
In circumstances the place the Committee approves requests for exemptions to the journey restrictions, the Chair will write to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of the State of which the listed particular person is a nationwide or resident or to the related UN workplace, informing them of the approval. Copies of the approval letter will even be despatched to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of all State(s) to which the listed particular person shall be touring and transiting in the midst of the authorized exemption. 

VI. Changes to the authorized exemption from the journey plan
Any modifications to the required journey info beforehand submitted to the Committee, notably the factors of transit, shall require the prior approval of the Committee and shall be acquired by the Chair and circulated to the Committee members at least 5 working days previous to the graduation of the journey, besides in circumstances of emergency, as decided by the Chair.

The Chair shall learn in writing instantly within the occasion of development or postponement of journey for which the Committee has already issued an exemption. Submission to the Chair of written notification shall be ample in circumstances the place the time of departure is superior or postponed not more than 48 hours and the beforehand submitted itinerary stays in any other case unchanged. If journey is to be superior or postponed greater than 48 hours earlier than or after the date beforehand authorized by the Committee, then a brand new exemption request should be submitted, and must be acquired by the Chair and circulated to Committee members. 

In case of emergency medical evacuations, the Chair shall even be promptly supplied with a physician’s notice containing particulars of the character of the medical emergency and the ability the place therapy was acquired by the affected person, in addition to info relating to the date, time, and mode of journey by which the affected person returned or will return to his/her nation of residence.

VII. After the journey
The Committee shall obtain written affirmation from the State in whose territory the listed particular person resides or from the related UN workplace, with supporting paperwork, confirming the itinerary and date on which the listed people touring beneath an exemption granted by the Committee returned to the nation of residence.