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  • Counter-Terrorism Meeting set for Almaty, Kazakhstan 26-28 Jan 2005

    PRESS RELEASE
    UN Department of Public Information, Yerevan Office
    2 Petros Adamyan str., First Floor
    Yerevan 375010, Armenia
    Contact: Armine Halajyan, UN DPI Information Assistant
    Tel.: (374 1) 560 212
    Fax/Tel.: (374 1) 561 406
    http://www.undpi.am


    United Nations Calls for Universal Effort Against Terrorism
    Counter-Terrorism Meeting set for Almaty, Kazakhstan 26-28 January 2005

    The United Nations will press its case for universal participation in the
    fight against terrorism
    at a meeting of more than 70 international, regional and sub-regional
    organizations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this month (26-28 January 2005).

    The meeting, co-sponsored by the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism
    Committee (CTC) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), will be
    the fourth since March 2003 to leverage the knowledge and capacity of these
    bodies to help poorer nations build more effective legislative and
    institutional barriers to terrorist financing, illegal weapons trafficking
    and other threats.
    "This meeting should bring us closer to a global framework for communication
    and cooperation," said Javier Rupérez, Head of the CTC's newly established
    Executive Directorate (CTED). "These organizations have vast experience and
    established networks and many of them fund technical assistance programmes
    that can help poorer nations bring their laws into harmony with
    international conventions and resolutions against terrorism."

    Mr. Rupérez noted that many countries have the will but not the legislative
    and other capacity to secure their borders and financial systems against
    terrorist intrusions and share critical information with their neighbours.

    "Everyone agrees that we are in this fight together," he said. "The
    challenge before us is to establish coherent policies and share the best
    practices and resources to win it."

    Terrorist financing issues on the two-day agenda for Almaty include: money
    laundering; efforts to regulate formal and non formal money transfers; the
    activities of charities; freezing and seizing of assets; and cooperation
    between financial intelligence units. Legal and institutional concerns for
    discussion include: the shortcomings of existing bilateral and multilateral
    agreements and the need for better information-sharing between national law
    enforcement agencies. Other trans-border issues include: airport and seaport
    security and the safe international transit of goods and people; border
    monitoring and threat assessments to prevent illegal trafficking in arms and
    hazardous materials.

    "The bottom line in all of this is cooperation," says Javier Rupérez. " We
    have to intensify our efforts to bring together governments, international
    organizations and other key players in a comprehensive fight.We need to
    assess our vulnerabilities and work more closely together to reduce them."

    CTC/CTED: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), was established on 28
    September 2001 (resolution 1373) to enhance the ability of Member States to
    fight terrorism. It includes all 15 members of the Security Council.The
    Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate was established on 26 March 2004
    (resolution 1535) to reinforce the CTC's work in monitoring
    Member States' implementation of resolution 1373; building cooperation among
    regional, international and subregional organizations and brokering
    assistance for poorer nations needing help to meet their obligations under
    the relevant Security Council resolutions to fight terrorism.
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