Making Targeted Sanctions Effective - Small Arms Survey

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ample of the role that a pro-active Chairperson can play in the implementation
of targeted sanctions. In many cases, however, home
governments do not have adequate financial resources to devote to
sanctions implementation. To overcome such disparities, and the uneven
capacities of different Sanctions Committees, the UN should
consider ways to provide supplementary financial support to Sanctions
Committees.
The initiative and activism of the Chairperson should be encouraged.
Ideally, the Chairperson should provide routine liaison with
the affiliated Expert Panel and the Sanctions Branch, coordinate the
Committee’s work with that of other Sanctions Committees, and
provide routine briefings with Member States and the media. Yet,
in the absence of improved substantive and administrative support,
these are enormous burdens for even the most engaged Chairperson
and can seriously hamstring effective implementation.
To relieve the burden on Chairpersons, various proposals were considered,
such as creating the post of a United Nations Security Council
(UNSC) mandated Sanctions Coordinator, assigning a technical
advisor to each Committee, designating a technical and liaison officer
from the Sanctions Branch to assist Sanctions Chairpersons,
and upgrading the role of Vice-Chairpersons to take the lead on
technical issues, while leaving strategic and political matters to the
Chairperson. To relieve the burdens on incoming Chairpersons, consideration
should be given to engaging them in Sanctions Committee
consultations early on, perhaps by including them in relevant
briefings and consultations prior to their formal appointment to a
Sanctions Committee.
Follow-through on Expert Panel Recommendations
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Monitoring Mechanism reports is the combined responsibility of
the Sanctions Committees, the Security Council, and Member States.
Most Expert Panels have been extended by Security Council resolutions
beyond their original three to six-month terms. Despite
this, there has been little by way of concrete follow-through action