The United Nations Security Council, acting under Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), amended the identifying information for three entries on its sanctions list
Vestnesis on 26 October 2026Vestnesis. The Ārlietu ministrija announced the changeVestnesis in Rīgā on 28 October 2026Vestnesis and published the information in the official journal Latvijas VēstnesisVestnesis, as it does after each Security Council decision on the adoption, amendment or repeal of sanctions. In Latvia, sanctions set in United Nations Security Council resolutions and in European Union regulations are binding and directly applicable.
The first amended entry is QDi.340 Emilie Edwige KonigVestnesisVestnesis, a French national born 9 December 1984 in Ploemeur, Francija. She has been on the list since 23 September 2014. Her recorded identifiers are French passport 05AT521433 and French national identification numbers 050456101445 and 0205561020089, with an address in Francija. She travelled to Sīrija and joined Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, and engaged in radicalisation and propagation of Al-Qaida ideology through the Internet and incitement of violent activities against Francija.
The second is QDi.342 Oumar DiabyVestnesisVestnesis, a Senegalese national born 5 August 1975 in Dakāra, Senegāla. He has been on the list since 23 September 2014, with an address in Sīrija. He led an armed group linked to Al-Qaida and Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant and facilitated a network of foreign terrorist fighters travelling to Sīrija, with activity in terrorist propaganda through the Internet.
The third is QDi.376 Peter CherifVestnesisVestnesis, a French national born 26 August 1982 in Parīze, Francija. He has been on the list since 29 September 2015, with an address in Francija, recorded as in custody. His high-confidence alias is Abou Hamza, with a French conviction history of five years' imprisonment in absentia in 2012 and a life sentence imposed by a French court on 3 October 2024 for involvement in a terrorist organisation, alongside the described membership of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
The decision amends identifying informationVestnesis; it removes no entry from the list. The current particulars are the amended ones set out above, including the recorded passport numbers, identification numbers, birth dates and aliases.Vestnesis Institutions that check clients and transactions against sanctions lists, including kredītiestādes and licensed payment and electronic-money institutions, record each match review in the screening audit record with the date and time the match was found, the investigator's conclusion on whether it is true or unfounded, the action taken on the transaction and the reasons for the decision.
Legal basis: Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Drošības padomes rezolūcijas Nr. 1267 (1999), Nr. 1989 (2011) un Nr. 2253 (2015), applied in Latvia under Starptautisko un Latvijas Republikas nacionālo sankciju likums 11. panta pirmā un pirmā prim daļa.
