*EPF412 10/24/2002
Global Relief Foundation Placed on U.N. Terror List
(Nations required to freeze funds of U.S. based organization) (150)

By Judy Aita
Washington File Staff Writer

United Nations -- The U.S.-based organization Global Relief Foundation has been added to the United Nations list of organizations and individuals subject to sanctions.

The Security Council Sanctions Committee set up to monitor sanctions against al Qaeda and Taliban operatives placed the organization on its list during its meeting October 22. Based in Bridgeview, Illinois, Global Relief Foundation is also know as Fondation Secours Mondial and has offices in several other countries including France, Belgium, Albania, Pakistan, Turkey, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

The sanctions imposed under resolution 1267 require nations to freeze the group's financial resources and ensure they are not used by the group or passed on to the Taliban or Usama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist organization. The resolution also requires nations to prevent the supply or sale of weapons to the organization and prevent its members from entering or traveling through their territories.

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