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UNCLAS STATE 149594 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN PREL PTER KE XA
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE FOR CTC'S FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING IN 
NAIROBI, KENYA, OCTOBER 29-31, 2007 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1. The UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) will hold its 
Fifth Special Meeting with International and Regional 
Organizations on the Prevention of Terrorist Movement and 
Effective Border Security on October 29-31 in Nairobi, Kenya. 
 This event will address key issues related to the need to 
secure borders against penetration by terrorists and 
perpetration of terrorist acts.  It will have as its 
principal aims the enhancement of cooperation and 
coordination among the CTC and international, regional and 
sub-regional organizations in facilitating UN Member States' 
implementation of UNSCR 1373 and the United Nations Global 
Counterterrorism Strategy.  It will also serve to raise the 
level of awareness of work done by international 
organizations among participants in the meeting with a view 
to identifying possible areas of overlap and to avoid 
duplication of effort. 
 
¶2.  The meeting consists of five thematic workshop-type 
sessions moderated by five international organizations: the 
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the 
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO), the World Customs 
Organization (WCO), and the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees (UNHCR).  Each session will include discussion 
of the issues and interventions from participants and produce 
a synopsis of discussions, including recommendations on 
cooperation and capacity building. 
 
¶3.  The meeting is expected to produce a joint statement on 
the importance of cooperation on border security issues in 
order to combat terrorism effectively, and to agree on a 
follow-up action plan incorporating specific activities and 
anticipated time frame for implementation. 
 
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OBJECTIVES 
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¶4.  While Nairobi-based USG officials will attend the 
conference in observer capacity, there may be opportunities 
to raise issues of importance to the USG. Embassy officials 
attending this meeting should, as appropriate, underscore the 
following points: 
 
Tightening border security, to include better training for 
border officials on identification of false travel documents, 
could appreciably impact states' abilities to enforce the 
travel ban on terrorists subject to UNSCR 1267 
(al-Qaida/Taliban) sanctions. 
Arrest and prosecution of individuals involved in 
making/selling false travel documents is also needed.  Timely 
reporting of lost/stolen passport data to Interpol is 
critical to preventing the exploitation of travel documents 
by terrorists and criminals. 
Effective border security entails preventing not only 
movement of terrorist operators across borders, but also 
movement of terrorist funds, including cash couriers.  Member 
States should continue to work toward the adoption and 
implementation of international standards to detect the 
physical cross-border transportation of currency and bearer 
negotiable instruments supportive of terrorism. 
Improved information sharing in the movement of illicit funds 
across borders, which in many cases would require a 
strengthening of national laws to allow for increased 
cooperation, could help stem the flow of cash couriers 
facilitating terrorist activities.  Regional and bilateral 
terrorist watchlist information-sharing leverages individual 
countries' efforts to improve security. 
Push for the adoption of a joint statement, vice declaration, 
at the end of the meeting. 
 
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REPORTING DEADLINE 
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¶5. Embassy should report results of efforts by cable by 
November 9, 2007. 
 
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BACKGROUND 
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¶6. Resolution 1373, which the Security Council adopted 
unanimously in September 2001, obligates states to take wide 
reaching measures to combat terrorism.  The resolution also 
established the Security Council's Counter-terrorism 
Committee (CTC) to monitor states' implementation of the 
resolution and to facilitate the delivery of technical 
assistance to states that need it to implement the 
resolution.  In 2004, the Council established the 
Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to 
assist the CTC in monitoring states' implementation of 1373 
and in CTC's capacity-building efforts. 
 
¶7. The CTC has held four special meetings with regional and 
other international organizations.  The Fourth Special 
Meeting was held in 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, while 
previous special meetings were held in Vienna, Washington, 
DC, and New York. The Fifth Special Meeting should build on 
the outcome of these previous special meetings with 
international, regional and sub-regional organizations, which 
focused primarily on topics that included terrorist financing 
and international cooperation. 
 
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POINT OF CONTACT 
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¶8. Follow-up inquiries may be directed to IO/PSC (Erin Crowe, 
202-736-7847). 
RICE