The United Nations’ List of ‘Not Listed’ Terrorist Entities

Editor’s Note: The U.N. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team regularly issues highly useful reports on al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and related movements. The reports identify entities subject to global penalties because of their involvement in terrorism, but they also identify some individuals and groups who are not formally listed. Lauren Fredericks and Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy examine this “not listed” category, explaining how U.N. experts are implying that entities on it are also dangerous and that governments should formally designate them.

Daniel Byman

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In his most recent report to the U.N. Security Council on the threat posed by the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and their affiliates to international peace, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered a strategic-level overview of these groups as well as an update on the range of U.N. efforts—in support of member states—to counter these threats. As usual, the report—which is based on the wor

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