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SUBJECT: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM 
COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE 
 
REF: A. SANDAGE/WILCOX EMAIL--12/19/06 
     ¶B. SANDAGE/WILCOX EMAIL--12/14/06 
 
¶1.  BEGIN SUMMARY:  The Security Council conducted its second 
comprehensive review of the Counter-Terrorism Committee 
Executive Directorate (CTED) December 20.  The 
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) submitted a report to the 
Council in connection with the review, assessing CTED's work 
in 2006 and recommending ways in which CTED can better assist 
the CTC in 2007 (S/2006/989).  In the review, Council members 
acknowledged CTED's accomplishments in 2006 and identified 
shortfalls.  Many delegations called for CTED to develop new 
ways to assess states' implementation; to make more progress 
in its work to facilitate technical assistance; to enhance 
its cooperation with other international organizations, as 
well as regional organizations; to strengthen the follow-up 
on its state visits; and to strengthen coordination with the 
1267 Monitoring Team and the 1540 Committee's experts. 
Delegations also paid tribute to outgoing CTC Chairman, 
Danish PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj, and thanked CTED 
Executive Director Javier Ruperez.  Following the review, the 
Council adopted a Presidential Statement (para 12) endorsing 
the CTC's report.  END SUMMARY. 
 
Outgoing Chairman Urges Results 
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¶2.  Chairman Loj opened with comments in her personal 
capacity.  She said the CTC's mandate is to monitor and 
promote states' implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) and 
argued that the measuring stick for its achievements should 
be enhanced implementation by states.  CTED's mandate flows 
from the Committee's, Loj said, and hoped the CTC's 
comprehensive review report would serve as a basis for the 
CTC's work in 2007. 
 
¶3.  Loj expressed concern that, despite many activities and 
efforts, there are not many examples of cases in which the 
CTC has made a difference.  The CTC has taken steps to move 
away from a focus on reviewing and requesting reports, which 
she called a key step to make its work more relevant to 
states, but said those had yet to bear fruit.  She also 
called for the CTC and CTED to report to the Council on the 
status of implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), based on 
an overall analysis of the more than 600 reports states have 
submitted.  In the past, she said the CTC has made ad hoc 
choices when dealing with states, and she urged the CTC in 
2007 to ensure that its analysis reflects a thorough, 
even-handed approach.  As CTED noted in its semiannual 
reports, facilitation of technical assistance remains an area 
in which the CTC and CTED need to do more.  Finally, she 
called for the Council to pay close attention to the work of 
the CTC and CTED to ensure that its work leads to concrete 
results. 
 
Members Advocate Greater Council Involvement 
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¶4.  Several members urged the Council to follow the CTC and 
CTED's activities more closely, saying the success of the CTC 
and CTED will affect the credibility of the Council's 
counterterrorism efforts.  The UK said the Security Council 
is not doing its part to promote the fight against terrorism 
and called for the Council to "take a hard look" at what CTED 
has achieved.  Many delegations thought the CTC's proposal to 
report to the Council, based on CTED's input, on global 
implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) would strengthen the 
Council's counterterrorism efforts and its engagement with 
the CTC.  The UK, with support from USUN, also suggested that 
ambassadors should consider attending CTC meetings. 
 
USUN Offers Suggestions 
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¶5.  USUN Ambassador Wolff thanked both Loj and Ruperez, 
acknowledged several of CTED's key accomplishments, and 
offered suggestions for improvement in a "constructive 
spirit" so the CTC and CTED will help to produce concrete 
results in states' implementation of resolution 1373. 
Ambassador Wolff said the Council should redouble its efforts 
to address the failure of many states to implement their 
obligations under resolution 1373, calling a CTC report on 
the status of that implementation a "crucial step."  He also 
acknowledged CTED's completion of a directory of best 
practices relevant to the implementation of resolution 1373, 
its expansion of the number of state visits, and the five 
joint visits it made with the 1267 Monitoring Team.  Citing 
the CTC's comprehensive review report, he said more needs to 
be done in the area of technical assistance and called on 
CTED to enhance its cooperation with UNDP and other UN 
 
 
specialized agencies.  He also stressed the need for CTED, in 
its outreach to donors, to identify priority needs described 
with specificity.  To help ensure that states carry out the 
recommendations of CTED's visits, he said CTED should set 
priorities among those proposals and establish timetables for 
their achievement.  He also called for coordination in the 
planning, execution, and follow up on joint visits with the 
Monitoring Team. 
 
Analysis Important 
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¶6.  Echoing Loj's comments, many delegations called on CTED 
to develop new ways of assessing states' implementation of 
resolution 1373 (2001), noting the Preliminary Implementation 
Assessment (PIA) matrix CTED designed to improve its 
analysis.  Russia said CTED's work in this area has achieved 
"modest results" and CTED should develop its methods to 
ensure the CTC and CTED do "qualitative work."  Similarly, 
Slovakia called the PIAs "an important advance," but said 
"more needs to be done."  China called on CTED to strengthen 
the interactive nature of its dialogue with states to try to 
ease the reporting burden on states.  France urged the CTC 
and CTED to use the PIA matrix to identify gaps in states' 
implementation and identify priorities for future action. 
Saying there is room for improvement in CTED's analysis of 
states' implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), Japan said 
CTED should conduct its analysis in a "systematic fashion." 
 
More Results Needed on Technical Assistance 
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¶7.  Concurring with Loj, as well as the conclusions of the 
CTC's report and CTED's semiannual reports, many members said 
CTED must do more to facilitate the delivery of technical 
assistance to states that need it to implement resolution 
1373 (2001).  Japan, Russia, and France called on CTED to 
increase its cooperation with the G-8 Counter-Terrorism 
Action Group.  Argentine PermRep and 1267 Committee Chairman 
Mayoral noted developing states' capacity problems in 
implementing their counterterrorism obligations.  For 
example, when he visited Chad on behalf of the 1267 
Committee, the delegation had to borrow a photocopier from 
the U.S. Embassy to copy information for the government. 
Qatar took a more cautious approach, arguing that emphasizing 
technical assistance rather than implementation of resolution 
1373 (2001) would "negatively impact" the work of the CTC and 
CTED. 
 
Visits and Follow-Up Stressed 
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¶8.  Many members stressed the importance of CTED's visits to 
states and called for better follow up on those visits. 
Argentina said CTED should visit developed countries as well 
as developing countries, both to counter developing states' 
defensiveness about CTED's visits and to reflect the 
terrorist threat facing Europe and the United States. 
Argentina, the United States, and Japan called for CTED and 
the 1267 Monitoring Team to conduct more joint visits or 
increase coordination of their visits.  Tanzania said CTED's 
visit had helped Tanzania enhance its capacity to implement 
resolution 1373 (2001) but then pressed CTED to do more to 
ensure the delivery of technical assistance Tanzania had 
requested during that visit. 
 
Coordination with Other Organizations Encouraged 
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¶9.  Raising a key CTC objective, several delegations called 
on CTED to enhance its coordination with other international 
organizations, as well as regional organizations.  Slovakia, 
for example, said close cooperation to build the capacity of 
regional organizations could strengthen their ability to help 
their members fulfill their obligations and help in gathering 
information about states that are late in reporting to the 
CTC. 
 
1624 and Human Rights 
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¶10.  Several members also pressed for action on areas of 
particular interest for their delegations.  Pushing a theme 
it raises consistently within the CTC, Russia called the 
CTC's "deadlock" on proceeding in its work relating to the 
implementation of resolution 1624 (2005) "a threat to the 
reputation of the Security Council."  Greece reiterated its 
view that the CTC should focus on human rights. 
 
CTED Responds 
 
 
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¶11.  Ambassador Ruperez then responded briefly.  He thanked 
members for their comments and said CTED would take them into 
account in its future work, together with the CTC's review 
report and the PRST.  Ruperez called the review "a fair 
reflection - with lights and shadows" of what CTED has done 
in 2006, and expressed readiness to continue cooperating with 
the CTC.  COMMENT:  Following the review, Howard Stoffer, 
Head of CTED's Administration and Information Office and the 
senior American member of CTED, said CTED thought the review 
identified useful areas in which CTED and the CTC should 
improve their output in 2007.  END COMMENT. 
 
¶12.  BEGIN TEXT: 
 
The Security Council reaffirms that terrorism constitutes one 
of the most serious threats to international peace and 
security, and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and 
unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, 
whenever and by whomsoever committed. 
 
The Security Council reiterates its determination to combat 
all forms of terrorism, in accordance with its 
responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations. 
 
The Security Council reaffirms the importance of resolution 
1373 (2001) as well as its other resolutions concerning 
threats to international peace and security caused by 
terrorist acts, and calls on States to implement their 
obligations under those resolutions as a matter of priority. 
 
The Security Council reiterates its call on States to become 
parties to all relevant international conventions and 
protocols relating to terrorism, and to make full use of the 
sources of assistance and guidance, which are available; 
 
The Security Council further reaffirms the need to combat by 
all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United 
Nations, threats to international peace and security caused 
by terrorist acts. 
 
The Security Council reminds States that they must ensure 
that any measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all 
their obligations under international law, in particular 
international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law. 
 
The Security Council recognizes the importance of cross-UN 
cooperation on counter-terrorism issues, and confirms that it 
stands ready to play its part in the implementation of the 
United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy 
(A/RES/60/288). 
 
The Security Council calls upon the relevant United Nations 
departments, programmes and specialized agencies, as 
appropriate, to consider, within their existing mandates, how 
to pursue counter-terrorism objectives. 
 
The Security Council welcomes the Counter-Terrorism 
Committee's renewed focus on enhancing implementation of 
resolution 1373 (2001) through a proactive fulfilment of its 
mandate to promote and monitor States implementation. 
 
The Security Council recalls its resolution 1624 (2005) and 
encourages the Counter-Terrorism Committee to continue its 
work on implementation of this resolution. 
 
The Security Council calls on the Counter-Terrorism Committee 
to report on the status of implementation of resolution 3173 
(2001).  In particular, the Security Council encourages the 
Counter-Terrorism Committee to report to the Council on any 
outstanding issues, when necessary and on a regular basis, in 
order to receive strategic guidance from the Council. 
 
The Security Council recalls its resolution 1535 (2004) by 
which it decided to establish the Counter-Terrorism committee 
Executive Directorate (hereinafter "CTED") as a special 
political mission under the policy guidance of the Committee, 
to enhance the Committee's ability to monitor implementation 
of resolution 1373 (2001) and effectively continue the 
capacity-building work in which it was engaged.  The Security 
Council stresses that the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism 
Committee's Executive Directorate flows from that of the 
Counter-Terrorism Committee. 
 
The Security Council further recalls its presidential 
statement S/PRST/2005/64, which included the conclusions of 
the Council's comprehensive review of CTED in 2005, and 
decided to carry out another comprehensive review of CTED by 
31 December 2006, prepared by the Counter-Terrorism 
 
 
Committee.  During today's consultations, the Security 
Council endorsed the report prepared by the Committee, and 
forwarded to the Council in S/2006/989 and agreed with its 
recommendations and conclusions. 
 
The Security Council welcomes the letter from the 
Secretary-General dated 15 December 2006 (S/2006/1002) with 
 
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regard to CTED's reporting lines.  The Council has considered 
this matter and endorses the Counter-Terrorism Committee's 
recommendation with regard to CTED's reporting lines so that 
CTED would henceforth present its draft work programmes and 
its semi-annual reports directly to the Committee. 
 
The Security Council notes with appreciation the enhanced 
cooperation among its three Committees (1267, CTC and 1540) 
that deal with counter-terrorism and their expert teams.  It 
encourages the three Committees to ensure that, in their 
dialogue with States, they present a consolidated message 
from the Council on its efforts to fight terrorism.  Also, it 
encourages the three Committees and their experts teams to 
avoid duplication, including in their requests for 
information from Member States about their implementation. 
In this regard, it encourages the three Committees and their 
expert teams to continue to strengthen the sharing of 
information among themselves, specifically information 
reported by States regarding implementation.  The Council 
will continue to evaluate how its counter-terrorism efforts 
can be organized most efficiently. 
 
END TEXT. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WOLFF