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IO/UNP: RHOTZ AND IO/PSC: BFITZGERALD 
 
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TAGS: UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV
SUBJECT: UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE 
CHAIRS BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL IN PUBLIC SESSION 
 
REF: 2005 USUN 2523 
 
¶1. (U) SUMMARY:  In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the 
Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary 
counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee 
(CTC), the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and 
the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council 
on their committees' accomplishments, challenges, priorities, 
and future plans.  This was the fourth briefing by the 
Council's three counterterrorism-related committees, 
reflecting the Council's continuing effort to enhance 
coordination and cooperation among them and their respective 
expert bodies.  Following the briefings, all Council members 
and seven non-Council Member States spoke.  Listing and 
de-listing, reporting requirements, and support for greater 
cross-committee cooperation were common themes.  Venezuela 
alleged the Council was applying its counterterrorism 
resolutions selectively and accused the United States of not 
complying with its obligations under those resolutions, as it 
had done at the last briefing (reftel).  Statements by the 
Chairmen and Member States have been sent electronically to 
IO/PSC.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (U) The Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism, 1267, and 1540 
committees briefed the Security Council at a public meeting 
on February 21, 2006.  CTC Chairman and Danish PermRep Ellen 
Margrethe Loj said the Committee's Counter-Terrorism 
Executive Directorate (CTED) had been declared operational on 
15 December 2005 and expressed her hope that the CTC could 
now make greater progress in helping States meet their 
obligations under UNSCR 1373.  She reported that, together 
with CTED, the CTC had cleared the backlog of reports from 
States concerning their implementation of that resolution. 
To facilitate technical assistance to States, the CTC has 
established policy guidelines and is continuing its focus on 
visiting States upon their consent. 
 
¶3. (U) The 1267 Chairman, Argentinean PermRep Cesar Mayoral, 
used his briefing to highlight significant achievements of 
the Committee, including partial revision of the guidelines 
and enhanced cooperation with Interpol.  (Note: Revision of 
the guidelines included procedures to address exemption 
requests.  End Note)  Mayoral expressed the Committee's 
support for Afghanistan's reconciliation process and noted 
efforts to remove from the sanctions list those former 
Taliban who have been successfully reconciled with the 
government.  In addition, the 1267 Chair welcomed the 
Secretary-General's pledge to develop a uniform approach to 
 
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ensure that no UN agency enters into a contractual 
relationship with an individual or entity on the 1267 
Consolidated List.  Looking ahead, Mayoral stressed the 
importance of resolving the Committee's pending issues and 
continuing work on revising listing and de-listing 
guidelines. 
 
¶4. (U) Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter 
Burian said the Committee's main task is to finish its 
examination of additional information that States have 
submitted to the Committee.  After successfully examining all 
of the first reports that Member States submitted, the 
Committee has requested additional follow-up information on 
all States' first reports.  While 64 States have submitted 
follow-up information to the Committee, another 67 States 
have yet to submit any report.  The Ambassador stressed the 
need for the Committee to conduct outreach to facilitate 
States' reporting and said he would meet with the members of 
the African Group next month for that purpose. 
 
¶5. (U) While all three Chairmen urged non-reporting States to 
submit their reports as soon as possible, they also noted 
their committees' intention to address jointly the issue of 
how to improve reporting and address late reporting.  They 
also stressed the need to respond to the 2005 World Summit 
Outcome's recommendation that the Security Council consider 
consolidating States reporting to the three committees. 
 
¶6. In their interventions, Greece, France, and the UK all 
aligned themselves with the statement of Austrian PermRep 
Gerhard Pfanzelter on behalf of the European Union. 
 
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COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE (CTC) 
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¶7. (U) Many Council members welcomed the CTC's December 2005 
decision to declare CTED operational and hoped CTED would 
strengthen the CTC's ability to facilitate technical 
assistance.  Greece, alone among the Council members, praised 
 
 
CTED Executive Director Javier Ruperez by name, although 
various delegations thanked CTED for its contributions.  The 
United Kingdom stressed that CTED should have clear 
objectives and establish concrete ways to measure its 
achievements. 
 
¶8. (U) Some Council members stressed the importance of CTED's 
visits to States, as well as the need for effective follow up 
to those visits, while several non-members also commented on 
CTED's visits.  A non-Council member, Indonesia, called on 
CTED to coordinate its visits with the 1267 Monitoring Team 
"to avoid visit fatigue."  Algeria, which recently left the 
Council, praised CTED's recent visit to Algeria and hoped 
that other Member States, including Security Council members, 
would volunteer to host visits.  As part of a broader 
criticism of the United States (see para 16), Venezuela 
called on the CTC to conduct a visit to the United States to 
monitor U.S. implementation of resolution 1373 and 
demonstrate the Council's objectivity in countering 
terrorism. 
 
¶9. (U) The incorporation of a human rights perspective in the 
CTC's work was another common theme in several interventions. 
 Greece and Peru both called for the need to promote 
observance of human rights in counterterrorism efforts, and 
France said respect for human rights is "a requirement" to 
ensure legitimacy in the fight against terror.  Austria 
strongly encouraged the CTC, with help from its human rights 
expert, to mainstream "human rights through its entire work." 
 Brazil, which recently left the Council, also stressed the 
need to ensure that the CTC's work protects human rights, 
citing the General Assembly's most recent resolution on human 
rights and terrorism. 
 
¶10. (U)  Several Council members urged the CTC to place 
priority on assisting States in  implementing UNSCR 1624 
(2005).  Russia highlighted the importance of the 
resolution's language on combating incitement, while Qatar 
underscored the resolution's provision on enhancing dialogue 
between civilizations, calling on the CTC to deal 
"determinedly" with the issue.  The UK praised CTED's work 
relating to resolution 1624, announced that it would submit 
information to the CTC on its implementation of resolution 
1624, and encouraged other States to do the same. 
 
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1267 COMMITTEE 
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¶11. (U) Council members and seven non-Council Member States 
touched on common themes in their responses to Ambassador 
Mayoral's briefing.  Many States welcomed the Committee's 
cooperation with Interpol and hailed the concrete results 
already realized.  Japan noted the "Interpol - UN Security 
Council Special Notices" would provide States with access to 
more information about individuals on the Consolidated List. 
The need for more detailed biographic information to further 
clarify and improve the quality of the sanctions list was 
raised by many delegations.  Non-Council member Indonesia 
pledged to provide more identifying information for 
individuals on the Consolidated List in order to improve the 
effectiveness of the sanctions regime. 
 
¶12. (U) As in the last joint briefing, several delegations, 
including the UK, France, Peru, and Ghana, expressed concern 
over a lack of transparency and urged the Committee do revise 
its listing and de-listing guidelines.  Even China stated 
that further improvement was needed.  Greece called for the 
Committee to meet "international due process standards" in 
order to improve effectiveness of the sanctions and the 
credibility of the Committee.  Qatar noted its "great 
concern" with the 1267 Committee and announced that it would 
present proposals for "just and honest procedures" regarding 
listing and de-listing. 
 
¶13. (SBU) In a veiled reference to the U.S. and UK decision 
to place a hold on China's request to add the East Turkistan 
Liberation Organization (ETLO/SHAT) to the 1267 Committee's 
sanctions list, Chinese PermRep Wang said the threat of 
terrorism was everywhere and that Council members needed to 
realize that a terrorist threat to one State posed a threat 
to all.  He explained that a "poisonous snake will hurt 
people no matter what it wears."  Wang said there was little 
hope that counterterrorism efforts could improve if Council 
members put up "barriers" or "shielded terrorist forces." 
 
 
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1540 COMMITTEE 
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¶14. (U) Some Council members and several non-members 
expressed concern that many States have failed to submit 
reports on their implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), 
and several referred to the need for more assistance to help 
States to implement the resolution.  Peru announced its 
intention to convene a regional seminar on 1540 
implementation in Lima in 2006, which would follow up on a 
similar seminar held in Buenos Aires last year.  Ghana said 
the failure of African States to submit reports did not 
reflect "inertia," but revealed a lack of capacity.  Ghana 
then informed the Council that it was "seriously considering" 
hosting an African regional program on implementation of 
resolution 1540.  China called on the Committee to focus on 
producing by April a "comprehensive and balanced" report for 
the Council.  Austria said the EU would be "glad" to consider 
requests for assistance to enable States to submit reports to 
the Committee. 
 
¶15. (U) Most Council members and several non-members 
expressed support for an extension of the 1540 Committee's 
mandate, which expires on April 27, 2006.  Russia expressed 
its satisfaction with the Committee's "active" work.  Russia 
also said that it supports a two-year extension of the 
Committee's mandate as did France.  The UK announced its 
strong support for renewing the mandate and commented that 
there is "no need to review the basic parameters of the 
resolution."  If the Committee's mandate is extended, the 
Committee should focus on promoting States' implementation of 
the resolution, rather than on amassing information.  In 
particular, the Committee should focus on how to "unlock" 
technical assistance to states that need it and on arranging 
more regional seminars on implementation of the resolution. 
Many states said they looked forward to discussing the 
details of what the Committee's renewed mandate would entail. 
 Alone among the speakers who intervened,  Brazil said that 
the Council should not extend the Committee's mandate, 
arguing that the work of the Committee falls properly under 
the purview of the General Assembly. 
 
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U.S. DOUBLE STANDARD ON TERRORISM 
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¶16. (U) Venezuela lambasted the Council for its "double 
standards" in combating terrorism and specifically criticized 
the United States.  Echoing its intervention at the last 
public briefing by the three committees (reftel), Venezuela 
called for the United States to extradite Venezuelan national 
Luis Faustino Clemente Posada Carriles to stand trial for 
alleged terrorists acts against Cuba.  Among other things, 
Venezuela also complained that the United States had failed 
to take action against Pat Robertson for calling publicly for 
the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. 
Venezuela said it had ratified a large number of the 
international conventions and protocols, developed broad 
legislation to combat terrorism, and created a national 
authority responsible for counterterrorism, representing its 
"consistent, diligent" response to implementing resolution 
¶1373.  Ambassador Bolton reponded that Posada has been 
detained and is in U.S. custody while his case is being 
processed, and that any Venezuelan extradition request would 
be acted upon according to the bilateral extradition treaty 
between the United States and Venezuela. 
BOLTON