A series of
recommendations to the United Nations emerged from an April
19-20 seminar conducted by the Kroc Institute-Fourth Freedom
Forum counter-terrorism assessment project.
The seminar,
held in Copenhagen and attended by Kroc Research Fellow
David Cortright, brought together 25 counter-terrorism experts
from every continent. They conferred with Danish colleagues
in developing specific policy options for enhancing the
work
of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).
The draft Action Program report that emerged from those
discussions was later presented to the CTC directorate and
members of
the UN Security Council. The final report will be presented
to United States government officials and members of Congress
early in 2005. It is available on the Kroc Institute web
site, http://kroc.nd.edu.
The Action Program includes the
following recommendations:
Establish standards and priorities
for compliance.
Create criteria for implementation
as a prerequisite of compliance and establish priorities
for
technical
assistance
and regional coordination. Cooperate with states, organizations,
and international agencies to support states as they
work to achieve compliance.
Facilitate coordinated delivery
of technical assistance.
Recommend joint assessment
missions, facilitate cooperation among assistance providers,
encourage recipients to create inter-ministerial committees,
promote
the integration of technical assistance and development
aid
programs, and establish a technical assistance trust
fund.
Improve International Cooperation.
Enhance coordination
within the UN system, designate staff contacts for
liaison
with
regional organizations and international agencies,
and enhance coordination with major international agencies
outside the
UN.
Enhance Public Communications.
Publish the
CTC matrix
as a database. Provide summaries of country reports
and best practices. Produce reports that offer examples
of success stories. Expand the number of publications
available in
other
UN languages.
Uphold Human Rights.
Cooperate
with the
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
and continue
to encourage compliance with Resolution 1456
(a 2003 declaration
on combating of terrorism).
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