Designation status / Group or entity
Designation status by government
Listed by the UN Security Council, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom; on all four lists checked.
A designation is a government act, not an MEF finding. Each line below quotes the list and links the government’s own notice.
On the list
The UN Security Council lists AL-QAIDA (entry QDe.004). Earliest date in the list file: 6 Oct 2001.
Program as written on the list: “Al-Qaida”
List note, quoted: “INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities”
United Nations Security Council, "AL-QAIDA," UN Security Council Consolidated List, QDe.004, list of 16 Oct 2026.
On the list
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists AL QA'IDA (entry 6366). OFAC entry created 21 Aug 1998.
Program as written on the list: “FTO; SDGT”
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, "AL QA'IDA," U.S. OFAC SDN List, entry 6366, accessed 18 Oct 2026.
On the list
The Council of the European Union lists Al Qaeda (entry EU.176.58). Earliest act named in the EU file for this entry: 29 May 2002.
Program as written on the list: “TAQA”
Council of the European Union, "Al Qaeda," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.176.58, file of 15 Oct 2026.
On the list
The UK government lists AL-QAIDA (entry AQD0027). Earliest date in the list file: 6 Oct 2001.
Program as written on the list: “Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019”
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, "AL-QAIDA," UK Sanctions List, AQD0027, list of 16 Oct 2026.
Not on US non-SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026
Not on the U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated List as of 18 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.
Proscribed
The UK Home Office list of proscribed organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000 carries the heading Al Qa’ida (AQ): Proscribed March 2001
. Proscription is a separate legal instrument from the UK Sanctions List.
UK Home Office, "Proscribed Terrorist Groups or Organisations," GOV.UK, accessed 17 Oct 2026.
| Date | List | Event | Act or source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 1998 | US SDN | OFAC entry created | OFAC SDN entry |
| 6 Oct 2001 | UK | UK designation | UK Sanctions List AQD0027 |
| 6 Oct 2001 | UN | UN listing | UN ref QDe.004 |
| 29 May 2002 | EU | EU regulation | 881/2002 (OJ L139) |
| 5 Mar 2009 | UN | UN entry amended | UN ref QDe.004 |
| 18 Nov 2009 | EU | EU act amending the entry | 1102/2009 (OJ L303) |
| 21 Mar 2012 | UN | UN entry amended | UN ref QDe.004 |
| 13 Apr 2012 | EU | EU act amending the entry | 316/2012 (OJ L103) |
| 24 Nov 2020 | UN | UN entry amended | UN ref QDe.004 |
| 12 Jan 2022 | UK | UK entry last updated | UK Sanctions List AQD0027 |
