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11. Condemns all acts of trafficking, particularly the sale or trade in persons
undertaken by the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL, also known as
Da’esh), including of Yazidis and other persons belonging to religious and ethn ic
minorities, and condemns also any such trafficking in persons and violations and
other abuses committed by Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, the Lord’s Resistance Army,
and other terrorist or armed groups for the purpose of sexual slavery, sexual
exploitation, and forced labour, recognizes the importance of collecting and
preserving evidence relating to such acts in order to ensure that those responsible
can be held accountable, and notes that such acts may also contribute to the funding
and sustainment of such groups or to serve other strategic objectives as outlined in
paragraph 5 above;
12. Expresses its intention to consider targeted sanctions for individuals and
entities involved in trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict and in
sexual violence in conflict, and encourages information exchange and other
appropriate forms of cooperation between relevant United Nations entities,
including the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Special
Representative on Children in Armed Conflict, within their respective mandates,
regarding initiatives and strategies to curb trafficking in persons in the context of
armed conflict;
13. Expresses further its intention to integrate the issue of trafficking in
persons in the areas affected by armed conflict and sexual violence in conflict into
the work of relevant sanctions committees where in accordance with their mandates,
and to ensure that sexual violence in conflict expertise, including when it is
associated with trafficking in persons in the context of armed conflict consistently
informs the work of sanctions committees, and further expresses its intention to
invite the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in
Conflict and on Children and Armed Conflict to brief these sanctions committees, as
necessary, in accordance with the Committee’s rules of procedure, and to provide
relevant information including, if applicable, the names of individuals involved in
the trafficking in persons who may meet the committees’ designation criteria;
14. Requests the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, when
consulting with Member States, to include in their discussions the issue of
trafficking in persons in the areas of armed conflict and the use of sexual vio lence in
armed conflict as it relates to ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities and to report to the Security Council
Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253
(2015) on these discussions as appropriate;
15. Encourages Member States to ensure that existing national strategic
frameworks and national action plans against trafficking in persons national action
plans and other planning frameworks on women and peace and security, developed
through broad consultations, including with civil society, and comprehensive and
integrated national counter-terrorism strategies are complementary and mutually
reinforcing;
16. Requests the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
(CTED), within its existing mandate, under the policy guidance of the CounterTerrorism Committee (CTC), and in close cooperation with UNODC and other
relevant entities, to include in CTED’s country assessments, as appropriate,
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