Delisting from the (LOCAL/UN) list

Request a delisting from the Local List and its procedures
  • Anyone designated in the Local List may submit a written request to the TFS Committee for delisting.
  • The TFS Committee shall take a decision on the application within 30 days from the date a complete request was submitted. The request shall be deemed rejected in case the specified period pass without receiving a reply.
  • In case the request is rejected, the person may appeal the decision before the NCTC within (30) days of the applicant’s knowledge of the rejection decision. The NCTC shall decide on the petition within (60) days of the date of its submittal in its completed form. The decision of the NCTC shall be considered final.
  • In case the TFS Committee decides to delist the person from the Local List, following procedures must be taken:
    1. Notifying all FIs, DNFBPs, NPOs, and relevant authorities of the delisting decision, and publishing the decision on the NCTC’s website and the Official Gazette.
    2. Informing the person of the decision in writing, and including the reasons of being delisted as follows:
    • The person residing in the Sultanate of Oman shall be notified by sending the notification by e-mail or to the last registered address, or by any possible means.
    • The person residing outside the Sultanate of Oman shall be notified via the Foreign Ministry of Oman to the representative of the foreign government where the person is domiciled or present.
    • If the whereabouts of the person is unknown, a copy of the notice shall be forwarded via the Foreign Ministry of Oman to the representative of the foreign government of which the person is a national.


Request a delisting from the UN List and its procedures.
  • Any person designated by the United Nations that holds Omani nationality or has a place of business or residence in the Sultanate of Oman may submit a request to the NCTC to have his name delisted, in accordance with the procedures followed by the UN Security Council and its relevant sanctions committee.
  • The NCTC examines the request submitted by the person listed in the UN List in terms of the extent to which the person meets the criteria for listing in the UN List under the Security Council Resolutions (1267), (1718), (1988), (1989), (2231) and all subsequent decisions are subject to criteria for the listing in the UN List. If the aforementioned listing criteria are not met, the NCTC may submit the request to the Security Council or its relevant sanctions committee, to delist the name from the UN List.
  • The designated person may also contact the United Nations Ombudsman or the United Nations Focal Point directly to delist his name from the designation lists under the UN Security Council Resolution (1267), in accordance with the procedures applied by the two committees of Resolutions (1267) and (1988), depending on the circumstances.
  • In case a decision is issued to delist the person from the List, his name shall be delisted from the UN List and the delisting decision shall be published on the United Nations website. Therefore, all financial institutions, non-financial businesses and professions, non-profit bodies and the relevant authorities must continuously follow up on the aforementioned website. The NCTC must also notify all financial institutions, non-financial businesses and professions, non-profit bodies and relevant authorities of the delisting decision from the UN List, and those institutions and bodies must unfreeze the person’s funds and economic resources within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours from their notification.