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S/2017/962 2/3 17-20463 Recalling paragraph 6 of resolution 2235 (2015) whereby the Security Council requested the United Nations Secretary-General, in coordination with the OPCW Director-General, to undertake the steps, measures, and arrangements necessary for the full functioning of the JIM, including the recruitment of impartial and experienced staff with relevant expertise in accordance with the Terms of Reference, Recalling the decisions taken by the Security Council in resolutions 2118 (2013), 2209 (2015) and 2235 (2015) that in the event of future non-compliance with resolution 2118 (2013), the Security Council will impose measures under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, Reaffirming its grave concern that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) or Al-Qaida, including but not limited to foreign terrorist fighters who have joined ISIL (Da’esh) in Syria, groups that have pledged allegiance to ISIL (Da’esh), and Al-Nusra Front (ANF), continue operating in the Syrian Arab Republic, Recalling the decision of the OPCW Executive Council EC-86/DEC.9 dated 13 October 2017, which encouraged States Parties to share, according to their national laws and as appropriate, information related to cases of development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by non-State actors, as well as completed domestic investigations conducted with regard to chemical weapons, including information on any subsequent criminal or other legal proceedings undertaken, Recalling that resolution 2319 (2016) encouraged the JIM, where relevant, to consult appropriate United Nations counter-terrorism and non-proliferation bodies, in particular, the 1540 Committee and the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, in order to exchange information on non-State actors’ perpetration, organization, sponsorship, or other involvement in the use of chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic where the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission determines or has determined that a specific incident in the Syrian Arab Republic involved or likely involved the use of chemical weapons, Recalling paragraph 7 of resolution 2319 (2016), including with respect to the ability of the JIM to examine additional information and evidence that was not obtained or prepared by the FFM but that is relevant to the mandate of the JIM, 1. Decides to renew the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) as set out in resolution 2235 (2015) for a further period of 12 months from the date of adoption of this resolution, with a possibility of further extension by the Security Council if it deems it necessary; 2. Recalls its decision that the Syrian Arab Republic shall not use, develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to other States or non-State actors; 3. Further recalls that no party in Syria shall use, develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain, or transfer chemical weapons; 4. Reaffirms paragraphs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 15 of resolution 2235 (2015); 5. Reaffirms paragraphs 4–7 of resolution 2319 (2016); 6. Reaffirms support to the FFM and JIM as they undertake their respective investigations in a manner they deem appropriate to fulfil their mandate, acknowledges the dangers associated with investigating chemical weapon use in Syria, and highlights the importance of full coordination with the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Syria, the United Nations Departmen