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UN sanctions notice amends 13 individual and eight entity entries
Latvia’s Foreign Ministry publishes changes made on 18 August 2026 under the ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions framework. These amend existing entries.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 20 August 2026
Latvia's Foreign Ministry has published a UN sanctions notice covering amended information on 13 individuals and eight entities.Vestnesis The notice, dated 20 August 2026, reports changes made on 18 August 2026 under Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).
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The notice describes amendments to information about persons and entities already on the list.Vestnesis The entries reproduce their original listing dates and amendment histories, alongside identifying information. The relevant change is therefore the revised record for an existing listed subject, rather than a set of newly named subjects with a first listing date in August.
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The individual entries include Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin, identified by reference QDi.087; Umar Patek, QDi.294; Peter Cherif, QDi.376; and Abu Ubaydah Yusuf Al-Anabi, QDi.389. The full notice contains the remaining individual entries and the identifying information supplied for each. The identifying information includes names, aliases and permanent reference numbers for the listed subjects.
The entity entry QDe.015 names Wafa Humanitarian Organization. Entry QDe.068 names Ummah Tameer E-Nau. Entry QDe.069 names Afghan Support Committee. Entry QDe.096 names Lashkar i Jhangvi. Entry QDe.104 names Al-Haramain Foundation (Pakistan). Entry QDe.119 names Islamic Jihad Group. Entry QDe.129 names Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Entry QDe.134 names Mouvement pour l'Unification et le Jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest.
The published material includes names and aliases, available addresses and other identifying or explanatory information. It also shows historic dates of listing and review. The introductory announcement gives the current amendment date; the first individual entry also includes that date in its amendment history.
Latvia's sanctions law makes sanctions established in UN Security Council resolutions binding and directly applicable in Latvia.Likumi
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Likumi and arrange publication of information about UN sanctions decisions, amendments and repeals
Likumi. The Ministry cites that publication provision for this notice.
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The legal framework is the International and Republic of Latvia National Sanctions Law, section 11, and Security Council resolutions 1267, 1989 and 2253, as identified in the Ministry's notice.Vestnesis
Review the amended identifying information against sanctions-screening records using the permanent reference numbers.