The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to bolster sanctions against Osama bin Laden , his al-Qaida terror network and Afghanistan 's former Taliban rulers.The sanctions include a travel ban and arms embargo against individuals and groups on a list compiled by a council committee. The list currently names 150 individuals and one group associated with the Taliban and 80 individuals and 91 groups associated with al-Qaida, a U.N. official said Friday.

The new resolution asks the committee monitoring the sanctions to provide updated lists and as much identifying information as possible at least every three months to another U.N. committee, which was created after the Sept. 11 attacks to monitor what the 191 U.N. member states are doing to fight terrorism.

It also calls on all countries to take "urgent steps" to enforce and strengthen anti-terrorist laws and administrative regulations, and to ensure that anyone involved in terrorist acts is punished.

Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock said the resolution is important because "any sanctions resolution that is dealing with an enemy that is breaking international law and committing crimes has to be tightened up."

The Security Council asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan  to reappoint five experts monitoring implementation of the resolution for another year. It also asked for more frequent reports from the committee.

The resolution asks all countries to report to the committee monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban within 90 days on all steps taken to implement the resolution, and all related investigations and enforcement actions.

The council shifted sanctions from the government of Afghanistan to bin Laden, al-Qaida and remnants of the Taliban after a U.S.-led force ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

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The United Nations  Security Council in New York, voted unanimously Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, to improve implementation of sanctions against Osama bin Laden , his al-Qaida terror network, and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers. (AP Photo/Ed Baile