{"id":"F2026L00280","name":"Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Instrument 2026","slug":"migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443208,"registerId":"F2026L00280-fast-fetch-1775958105981","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Instrument 2026","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN 26/008\n\n \n\nMigration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Instrument 2026\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 5 March 2026\n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Resolutions\n\nSchedule 1—Resolutions\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007 - Specification under regulation 4 definition of 'resolution' - Specification of United Nations Security Council Resolutions - IMMI 14/034\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Instrument 2026.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on 21 March 2026.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Regulations, including the following:\n\n(a) UNSC-designated person;\n\n(b) resolution.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nRegulations means the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Resolutions\n\n  For the definition of resolution in regulation 4 of the Regulations, each resolution mentioned in column 1 of an item in the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument is specified.\n\nNote: Regulation 5 of the Regulations provides that a person is a UNSC-designated person if, under a resolution, Australia is required to prevent the person entering or transiting through Australian territory.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Resolutions\n\n \n\n- Item Column 1Resolution Column 2Reference Column 3Adoption date\n- Al-Shabaab (Somalia)\n- 1 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2713 (2023) S/RES/2713 1 December 2023\n- 2 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2776 (2025) S/RES/2776 3 March 2025\n- 3 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2806 (2025) S/RES/2806 12 December 2025\n- Al-Qaida and the Taliban\n- 4 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) S/RES/1267 15 October 1999\n- 5 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333 (2000) S/RES/1333 19 December 2000\n- 6 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1390 (2002) S/RES/1390 16 January 2002\n- 7 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1526 (2004) S/RES/1526 30 January 2004\n- 8 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1617 (2005) S/RES/1617 29 July 2005\n- 9 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1735 (2006) S/RES/1735 22 December 2006\n- 10 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) S/RES/1822 30 June 2008\n- 11 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1904 (2009) S/RES/1904 17 December 2009\n- Al-Qaida\n- 12 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1989 (2011) S/RES/1989 17 June 2011\n- 13 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2083 (2012) S/RES/2083 17 December 2012\n- 14 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2161 (2014) S/RES/2161 17 June 2014\n- 15 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2170 (2014) S/RES/2170 15 August 2014\n- 16 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) S/RES/2178 24 September 2014\n- ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida\n- 17 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2253 (2015) S/RES/2253 17 December 2015\n- 18 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2368 (2017) S/RES/2368 20 July 2017\n- 19 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2610 (2021) S/RES/2610 17 December 2021\n- 20 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2734 (2024) S/RES/2734 10 June 2024\n- 21 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2799 (2025) S/RES/2799 6 November 2025\n- Taliban\n- 22 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011) S/RES/1988 17 June 2011\n- 23 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2082 (2012) S/RES/2082 17 December 2012\n- 24 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2160 (2014) S/RES/2160 17 June 2014\n- 25 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2255 (2015) S/RES/2255 22 December 2015\n- 26 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2501 (2019) S/RES/2501 16 December 2019\n- 27 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2557 (2020) S/RES/2557 18 December 2020\n- 28 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2611 (2021) S/RES/2611 17 December 2021\n- 29 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2665 (2022) S/RES/2665 16 December 2022\n- 30 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2716 (2023) S/RES/2716 14 December 2023\n- 31 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2763 (2024) S/RES/2763 13 December 2024\n- Central African Republic\n- 32 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2134 (2014) S/RES/2134 28 January 2014\n- 33 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2196 (2015) S/RES/2196 22 January 2015\n- 34 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2262 (2016) S/RES/2262 27 January 2016\n- 35 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2339 (2017) S/RES/2339 27 January 2017\n- 36 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2399 (2018) S/RES/2399 30 January 2018\n- 37 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2454 (2019) S/RES/2454 31 January 2019\n- 38 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2507 (2020) S/RES/2507 31 January 2020\n- 39 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2536 (2020) S/RES/2536 28 July 2020\n- 40 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2588 (2021) S/RES/2588 29 July 2021\n- 41 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2648 (2022) S/RES/2648 29 July 2022\n- 42 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2693 (2023) S/RES/2693 27 July 2023\n- 43 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2745 (2024) S/RES/2745 30 July 2024\n- 44 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2789 (2025) S/RES/2789 29 July 2025\n- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea\n- 45 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) S/RES/1718 14 October 2006\n- 46 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087 (2013) S/RES/2087 22 January 2013\n- 47 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013) S/RES/2094 7 March 2013\n- 48 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 (2016) S/RES/2270 2 March 2016\n- 49 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2321 (2016) S/RES/2321 30 November 2016\n- 50 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2356 (2017) S/RES/2356 2 June 2017\n- 51 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2371 (2017) S/RES/2371 5 August 2017\n- 52 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375 (2017) S/RES/2375 11 September 2017\n- 53 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 (2017) S/RES/2397 22 December 2017\n- Democratic Republic of the Congo\n- 54 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) S/RES/1596 12 March 2004\n- 55 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005) S/RES/1596 18 April 2005\n- 56 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1649 (2005) S/RES/1649 21 December 2005\n- 57 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1698 (2006) S/RES/1698 31 July 2006\n- 58 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1768 (2007) S/RES/1768 31 July 2007\n- 59 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1771 (2007) S/RES/1771 10 August 2007\n- 60 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1799 (2008) S/RES/1799 15 February 2008\n- 61 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1807 (2008) S/RES/1807 31 March 2008\n- 62 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1857 (2008) S/RES/1857 22 December 2008\n- 63 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1896 (2009) S/RES/1896 30 November 2009\n- 64 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1952 (2010) S/RES/1952 29 November 2010\n- 65 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2021 (2011) S/RES/2021 29 November 2011\n- 66 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2078 (2012) S/RES/2078 28 November 2012\n- 67 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2136 (2014) S/RES/2136 30 January 2014\n- 68 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2198 (2015) S/RES/2198 29 January 2015\n- 69 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2293 (2016) S/RES/2293 23 June 2016\n- 70 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2360 (2017) S/RES/2360 21 June 2017\n- 71 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2424 (2018) S/RES/2424 29 June 2018\n- 72 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2478 (2019) S/RES/2478 26 June 2019\n- 73 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2528 (2020) S/RES/2528 25 June 2020\n- 74 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2582 (2021) S/RES/2582 29 June 2021\n- 75 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2641 (2022) S/RES/2641 30 June 2022\n- 76 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2688 (2023) S/RES/2688 27 June 2023\n- 77 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2738 (2024) S/RES/2738 27 June 2024\n- 78 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2783 (2025) S/RES/2783 30 June 2025\n- Guinea-Bissau\n- 79 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2048 (2012) S/RES/2048 18 May 2012\n- Haiti\n- 80 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2653 (2022) S/RES/2653 21 October 2022\n- 81 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2700 (2023) S/RES/2700 19 October 2023\n- 82 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2752 (2024) S/RES/2752 18 October 2024\n- 83 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2794 (2025) S/RES/2794 17 October 2025\n- Iran\n- 84 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006) S/RES/1737 23 December 2006\n- 85 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007) S/RES/1747 24 March 2007\n- 86 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 (2008) S/RES/1803 3 March 2008\n- 87 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010) S/RES/1929 9 June 2010\n- Lebanon\n- 88 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1636 (2005) S/RES/1636 31 October 2005\n- Libya\n- 89 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) S/RES/1970 26 February 2011\n- 90 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (2011) S/RES/1973 17 March 2011\n- 91 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2174 (2014) S/RES/2174 27 August 2014\n- 92 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2213 (2015) S/RES/2213 27 March 2015\n- 93 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2362 (2017) S/RES/2362 29 June 2017\n- 94 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2441 (2018) S/RES/2441 5 November 2018\n- 95 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2509 (2020) S/RES/2509 11 February 2020\n- 96 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2571 (2021) S/RES/2571 16 April 2021\n- 97 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2644 (2022) S/RES/2644 13 July 2022\n- 98 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2701 (2023) S/RES/2701 19 October 2023\n- 99 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2769 (2025) S/RES/2769 16 January 2025\n- Somalia\n- 100 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1844 (2008) S/RES/1844 20 November 2008\n- 101 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2002 (2011) S/RES/2002 29 July 2011\n- 102 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2036 (2012) S/RES/2036 22 February 2012\n- 103 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2060 (2012) S/RES/2060 25 July 2012\n- 104 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2093 (2013) S/RES/2093 6 March 2013\n- 105 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2111 (2013) S/RES/2111 24 July 2013\n- 106 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2244 (2015) S/RES/2244 23 October 2015\n- 107 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2317 (2016) S/RES/2317 10 November 2016\n- 108 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2385 (2017) S/RES/2385 14 November 2017\n- 109 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2444 (2018) S/RES/2444 14 November 2018\n- 110 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2498 (2019) S/RES/2498 15 November 2019\n- 11 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2551 (2020) S/RES/2551 12 November 2020\n- 112 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2607 (2021) S/RES/2607 15 November 2021\n- 113 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2662 (2022) S/RES/2662 17 November 2022\n- South Sudan\n- 114 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2206 (2015) S/RES/2206 3 March 2015\n- 115 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2280 (2016) S/RES/2280 7 April 2016\n- 116 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2290 (2016) S/RES/2290 31 May 2016\n- 117 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2353 (2017) S/RES/2353 24 May 2017\n- 118 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2418 (2018) S/RES/2418 31 May 2018\n- 119 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2428 (2018) S/RES/2428 13 July 2018\n- 120 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2471 (2019) S/RES/2471 30 May 2019\n- 121 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2521 (2020) S/RES/2521 29 May 2020\n- 122 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2577 (2021) S/RES/2577 28 May 2021\n- 123 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2633 (2022) S/RES/2633 26 May 2022\n- 124 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2683 (2023) S/RES/2683 30 May 2023\n- 125 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2731 (2024) S/RES/2731 30 May 2024\n- 126 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2781 (2025) S/RES/2781 30 May 2025\n- Sudan\n- 127 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) S/RES/1591 29 March 2005\n- 128 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1672 (2006) S/RES/1672 25 April 2006\n- 129 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2035 (2012) S/RES/2035 17 February 2012\n- 130 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2138 (2014) S/RES/2138 13 February 2014\n- 131 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2200 (2015) S/RES/2200 12 February 2015\n- 132 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2265 (2016) S/RES/2265 10 February 2016\n- 133 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2340 (2017) S/RES/2340 8 February 2017\n- 134 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2400 (2018) S/RES/2400 8 February 2018\n- 135 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2455 (2019) S/RES/2455 7 February 2019\n- 136 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2508 (2020) S/RES/2508 11 February 2020\n- 137 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2562 (2021) S/RES/2562 11 February 2021\n- 138 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2620 (2022) S/RES/2620 15 February 2022\n- 139 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2676 (2023) S/RES/2676 8 March 2023\n- 140 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2725 (2024) S/RES/2725 8 March 2024\n- 141 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2750 (2024) S/RES/2750 11 September 2024\n- 142 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2791 (2025) S/RES/2791 12 September 2025\n- Yemen\n- 143 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2140 (2014) S/RES/2140 26 February 2014\n- 144 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2204 (2015) S/RES/2204 24 February 2015\n- 145 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015) S/RES/2216 14 April 2015\n- 146 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2266 (2016) S/RES/2266 24 February 2016\n- 147 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2342 (2017) S/RES/2342 23 February 2017\n- 148 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2402 (2018) S/RES/2402 26 February 2018\n- 149 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2456 (2019) S/RES/2456 26 February 2019\n- 150 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2511 (2020) S/RES/2511 25 February 2020\n- 151 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2564 (2021) S/RES/2564 25 February 2021\n- 152 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2624 (2022) S/RES/2624 28 February 2022\n- 153 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2675 (2023) S/RES/2675 15 February 2023\n- 154 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2707 (2023) S/RES/2707 14 November 2023\n- 155 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2758 (2024) S/RES/2758 13 November 2024\n- 156 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2801 (2025) S/RES/2801 14 November 2025\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007 - Specification 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It is purely administrative — updating the list of UN resolutions to be enforced — without expanding or altering the underlying legal framework. 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It tells border officials which UN designations to enforce when processing visas and travel.\n\nIt affects UNSC‑designated individuals, officials checking travel, and those interacting with listed persons, and updates Australia’s obligations by adding recent 2024–25 resolutions and removing an obsolete instrument."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument replaces the earlier 2014 specification and expands/updates the set of UNSC resolutions specified for the Migration Regulations (see Schedule 1 and Schedule 2). That broadens the catalog of UNSC‑designated persons Australia is required to bar under regulation 5 (note to s6)."},"complexity_factors":["Direct statutory amendment mechanism: instrument made under the Regulations (s3) and specifies resolutions for the definition in regulation 4 (s6)","Extensive, detailed list of UNSC resolutions in Schedule 1 requiring accurate cross‑checking against UN texts","Repeal of prior specification (Schedule 2) requires administrative transition for migration case‑workers and systems","Dependence on external listings: operational effect depends on UN designations and the scope of regulation 5 (note to s6)","Low policy discretion within instrument itself but implementation imposes compliance and processing burden on immigration officers and visa applicants"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument (commencing 21 March 2026) updates which United Nations Security Council resolutions count as a “resolution” under the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007, so Australia must refuse entry or transit to persons designated under those resolutions (see s2, s6 and note to s6). The Minister makes the specification (s3). It repeals an earlier specification and adds recent UNSC resolutions across multiple listings; affected parties include UNSC‑designated individuals and visa/processing bodies who must apply the prohibition."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026","history":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-instrument-2026/documents"}}