6 June 2005

This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against Al-Qa’ida and the Taliban.

The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty’s Treasury, issues this news release to advise that on 3 June 2005 the United Nations Sanctions Committee added a further entity to the UN Consolidated List maintained under Resolution 1390 (2002). The entity therefore falls within the UK financial sanctions regime under the Al-Qa’ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/111, as amended by S.I. 2002/251).

Financial institutions are required to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds for the entity named below. If so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report their findings to the Bank of England.

Entity

1. ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP
a.k.a: (1) al-Djihad al-Islami (2) Dzhamaat Modzhakhedov (3) Islamic Jihad Group of Uzbekistan (4) Jama'at al-Jihad (5) Jamaat Mojahedin (6) Jamiat al-Jihad al-Islami (7) Jamiyat (8) Kazakh Jama'at (9) Libyan Society

Previous Notices and news releases related to Terrorism, Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban and a consolidated list of individuals and entities subject to these and other UK financial sanctions regimes are available from the Financial Sanctions pages of the Bank of England’s website.