Making Targeted Sanctions Effective - Small Arms Survey

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Box 6.
Develop a Media Strategy
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For the Security Council and Sanctions Committees
° Establish a system of routine press briefings on the work of the Sanctions
Committees to inform media, particularly in countries or regions
where targeted sanctions are being applied, regarding the objectives,
progress and challenges of sanctions implementation.
° Augment the liaison role of the Office of the Spokesman of the Secretary-General
between the media, the UNSC Presidency, and the
Sanctions Committees.
° Arrange for routine background press briefings by UN Expert Panels,
timed to coincide with the formal release of Expert Panel reports.
° Ensure a coordinated and timely media message and reduce preemptive
leaking of Expert Panel reports by introducing system of
formal press embargoes and/or by establishing clear guidelines for all
Sanctions Committees and Expert Panel members regarding disciplined
procedures for public release of Expert Panel reports.
For the Secretariat
° Develop strategies to assist the Security Council in providing better
public information to Member States and the general public and to
convey the message that targeted sanctions are a potentially valuable
and useful instrument of deterrence and prevention.
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4. The Role of the Expert Panels and Monitoring
Mechanisms
4 a. Establishing Expert Panels and Monitoring Mechanisms
It is widely agreed that the creation of the independent Panels of
Experts and Monitoring Mechanisms has been a signal innovation
in the application of UN sanctions. Over the last few years, such
expert groups have made a major contribution to improved understanding
of the nature and scope of sanctions violations and of obstacles
to more systematic compliance, thereby enhancing the UN’s