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#UnitedAgainstTerror: Special meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee on international judicial and law enforcement cooperation

BMUSONI — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:07:00 +0000

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Security Council resolution 2322, adopted at the end of 2016, seeks to enhance international judicial and law enforcement cooperation in order to strengthen the international response to terrorism. The resolution underlines the importance of strengthening international cooperation, including by investigators, prosecutors, and judges, in order to prevent, investigate, and prosecute terrorist acts; it sets forth new requirements for promoting cooperation at the global, regional, subregional, and cross-regional levels.

This resolution accords a central role to the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED) in identifying gaps and trends in international cooperation among Member States, facilitating capacity-building, and working with key partners to promote its implementation. The Council has also requested CTED to prepare a report on the current state of international law enforcement and judicial cooperation in counter-terrorism matters, identify major gaps, and provide the Committee with recommendations on how to address these.

With a view to discussing these challenges, identifying good practices and areas in which further efforts are required, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on 21 June 2017 organized a special meeting. Following a summary of technical consultations organized by CTED over one and a half days preceding the special meeting, discussions focused on three main areas: International law enforcement cooperation, which featured speakers from the Council of Europe, INTERPOL, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); International judicial cooperation, whose panel members represented EUROJUST, the League of Arab States, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); and Cross-regional cooperation, which featured representatives of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the International Association of Prosecutors, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), and the World Customs Organization.

Acknowledging the approximately 50 international and regional organizations attending the special meeting, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee H.E. Amr AbdellatifAboulatta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, stressed that while Member States bear the main responsibility for strengthening international cooperation in order to prevent, investigate, and prosecute terrorist acts, “our success also requires the knowledge, expertise and active support of relevant international and regional organizations, the private sector, and civil society.”

Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Assistant Secretary-General and CTED Executive Director, in his closing remarks welcomed the progress made in international cooperation against terrorism, but called upon all Member States and international and regional organizations to make full use of all instruments available.

Summaries

Summary of technical consultations

Meeting recordings

A webcast recording of the entire open briefing can be found here.

Photos

A Flickr album of photos from the meetings is available here.

Presentations

Mr. Jean-Philippe Morange, Senior Legal Officer, CTED
Mr. Callixtus Joseph, Regional Crime and Security Strategy Coordinator, CARICOM IMPACS
Mr. Mauro Miedico, Chief a.i. Terrorism Prevention Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Ms. Allison Curtis, Programme Manager, International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)
Mr. Carlo Chiaromonte, Head of Criminal Law and Counter-Terrorism Divisions, Council of Europe (technical consultation session)
Ms. Tanya Mehra, Senior Project Leader, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Ms. Sue Takasu, Senior Legal Officer, CTED
Mr. Eelco Kessels, Executive Director, Global Center on Cooperative Security
Mr. Abdou Hamani, General Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Niger Focal Point, Regional Judicial Platform of the Sahel Countries
Mr. Boubacar Djibo, Director, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO
Mr. Mubarak Saeed Alkhyeli, GCCPOL
Ms. Rachel Mourad, Consultant, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre/Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, CTITF
Mr. Constantin Virgil IVAN-CUCU, Capacity Building Expert, EuroMed Justice Programme
Ms. Rasa Ostrauskaite, Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Ms. Cécile Plunet, AIRCOP Global Coordinator (UNODC)
Mr. Michel Quille, Head of Project, EuroMed Police
Ms. Anne-Maria Seesmaa, Associate Legal Officer, CTED
Mr. Carlo Chiaromonte, Head of Criminal Law and Counter-Terrorism Divisions, Council of Europe (special meeting session)
Ms. Michèle Coninsx, President, EUROJUST
Karl Linderborg, Seconded National Expert – Expert National Détaché, European Commission (With two links at the end of the presentation which will lead to two key documents (non-paper and the more detailed technical document) as well as to other useful information that will explain the process in more detail. Further questions could be addressed to the European Commission functional mail which is also mentioned in the last page of the presentation.)

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Joint special meeting on terrorist financing assesses risks and identifies way forward

BMUSONI — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:18:00 +0000

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A growing number of United Nations Member States are assessing specific terrorist financing risks and the vulnerability of their financial and economic sectors to terrorist financing. Also Member States that are not at high risk in terms of terrorism more broadly may still present a risk regarding the financing of terrorism. While terrorist entities and individuals are still relying on traditional forms of terrorist financing such as cash or money remitters, these groups are also utilizing the Internet and other forms of information and communication technologies to access, raise, and move funds.

These were some of the key themes raised in a joint special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, together with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), organized at the United Nations on 12 and 13 December 2016. Several tools already exist to counter terrorist financing, such as asset freezing requirements or information sharing mechanisms. The main challenge consists of implementing these tools effectively. The joint special meeting – held under the mandate of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) on efforts to suppress terrorist financing, which expanded the sanctions framework to include ISIL (Da’esh) – provided an important forum for Member States and other actors to share practices and lessons learned that can guide the way forward in this area.

Documents

Draft concept note and agenda

Logistical note

Statements

Message by the Secretary-General to Joint special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on “Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned” (New York, 12 December 2016)

Closing remarks by Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to Joint special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on “Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned” (New York, 13 December 2016)

Opening remarks by Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to Joint special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on “Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned” (New York, 12 December 2016)

Statement by FATF President Juan Manuel Vega-Serrano, 12 December 2016 — Download here

Statement by Dmitry V. Feoktistov, Deputy Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Media

Press release

Joint special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned (13 December 2016: Sessions V and VI)

Presentation slides

2016-12-12-Session II 1130-1300 Andrey Seleznev EAG

2016-12-12-Session II 1130-1300 Philippe de Koster CTIF-FI

2016-12-12-Session-II-1130-1300-Sofia-Aisagaliyeva-Ministry-of-Finance-Kazakhstan

2016-12-12-Session III 1500-1630 Claudine Lamond AUSTRAC

2016-12-12-Session III 1500-1630 Kallina Simeonoff European Commission

2016-12-12-Session-IV-1630-1800-Israa-Abu-Shwimeh-Jordan

2016-12-12-Session IV 1630-1800 Stephane Sirard FINTRAC

2016-12-13-Session V 1000-1130 Amr Farouk EMLCU Egypt

2016-12-13-Session V 1000-1130 Giuseppina Daria Pellicano’ TFS Italy

2016-12-13-Session VI 1130-1300 Michelle Russell UK Charity Comission

2016-12-13-Session-VII-1500-1630-Francis-Usani-Nigeria

2016-12-13-Session VIII 1630-1750 Claudine Lamond, AUSTRAC

2016-12-13-Session VIII 1630-1750 Kallina Simeonoff, European Commission

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PRESS RELEASE – United Nations Security Council – Two UN Security Council Committees and the Financial Action Task Force hold special meeting on depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds

BMUSONI — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:18:00 +0000

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(NEW YORK) Despite efforts by the international community to deprive terrorists and terrorist groups of financial resources and prevent them from accessing the international financial system, terrorist groups continue to find ways to raise and move funds. Of particular concern is the urgent need to improve implementation of existing mechanisms for identifying and disrupting terrorist financing to prevent returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), dormant terrorist cells, and other terrorist support networks from accessing funds and assets.

“Combatting terrorism financing continues to be a priority for the international community, as notably demonstrated by last December’s historic Security Council meeting of Finance Ministers. In adopting its resolution 2253, the Council reaffirmed its determination to address the threat posed to international peace and security by Al-Qaida, ISIL, and their affiliates,” Ambassador Amr Aboulatta, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) said in his opening remarks of the joint special meeting organized and chaired by the Security Council 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and the CTC , in cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and held in New York on 12-13 December 2016.

The purpose of the special meeting – Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned.” – was to build on the outcomes of the Security Council meeting of December 2015, as well as on a similar joint meeting held in April 2016, and to examine national practices and regional initiatives to better implement relevant counter-terrorist financing instruments, including the related resolutions of the Council. It also enabled the two committees, Member States, and relevant international and regional organizations to continue their discussions of terrorism-financing trends and to share practices and effective tools to deprive terrorists of financial resources.

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Joint special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, and the Financial Action Task Force on Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Prac

BMUSONI — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:18:00 +0000

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Despite efforts by the international community to deprive terrorists of the resources needed to commit terrorist acts, terrorist groups continue to find ways to raise and move funds, including through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Of particular concern is the urgent need to develop means to prevent returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and dormant terrorist cells from accessing funds and assets.

On 17 December last year, the Security Council – represented by their Member States’ Ministries of Finance – for the first time in its 70 year history, held a special meeting on combatting all forms of terrorist financing. In its meeting, the Council adopted resolution 2253, which inter alia called for strengthened international efforts to detect and disrupt terrorist groups’ funding flows.

As part of this work, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will organize a joint special meeting on “Depriving terrorist groups from accessing, raising, and moving funds: Practices and lessons learned.” Taking place at United Nations headquarters on Monday 12-Tuesday 13 December 2016 in Conference room 2, the special meeting is open to Member and Observer States, members of the media including photographers with valid accreditation, United Nations staff and interns, UN entities, intergovernmental organizations, and specialized agencies, as well as invited guests with a valid UN grounds pass. The event will be webcast at webtv.un.org.

Additional details can be found below. A press release issued immediately following an open briefing on a similar theme held in April 2016 can be found here.

Documents

Draft concept note and agenda

Logistical note

Statements

Statement by FATF President Juan Manuel Vega-Serrano, 12 December 2016 — Download here

Statement by Dmitry V. Feoktistov, Deputy Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Media

Press release

Presentation slides

2016-12-12-Session II 1130-1300 Andrey Seleznev EAG

2016-12-12-Session II 1130-1300 Philippe de Koster CTIF-FI

2016-12-12-Session-II-1130-1300-Sofia-Aisagaliyeva-Ministry-of-Finance-Kazakhstan

2016-12-12-Session III 1500-1630 Claudine Lamond AUSTRAC

2016-12-12-Session III 1500-1630 Kallina Simeonoff European Commission

2016-12-12-Session-IV-1630-1800-Israa-Abu-Shwimeh-Jordan

2016-12-12-Session IV 1630-1800 Stephane Sirard FINTRAC

2016-12-13-Session V 1000-1130 Amr Farouk EMLCU Egypt

2016-12-13-Session V 1000-1130 Giuseppina Daria Pellicano’ TFS Italy

2016-12-13-Session VI 1130-1300 Michelle Russell UK Charity Comission

2016-12-13-Session-VII-1500-1630-Francis-Usani-Nigeria

2016-12-13-Session VIII 1630-1750 Claudine Lamond, AUSTRAC

2016-12-13-Session VIII 1630-1750 Kallina Simeonoff, European Commission

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United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee holds special meeting on preventing exploitation of the Internet and social media for terrorist purposes

BMUSONI — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:13:00 +0000

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Exploitation of the Internet and social media for terrorist purposes can only be defeated through sustained and comprehensive action involving the active participation and collaboration of Member States, international and regional organizations, civil society, and the private sector. This was a common theme expressed by of a number of participants in a special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, held at the United Nations in New York on 1 December 2016.

“We must work together to promote dialogue among all stakeholders in order to find effective ways to prevent the exploitation of information and communication technologies for terrorist purposes,” H.E. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, said in his closing statement. Ambassador Aboulatta is Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council.

The meeting – Preventing the exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms – was held against the backdrop of the significant and growing threat posed to Member States by the exploitation of ICT, in particular the Internet and social media, for terrorist purposes. In a number of resolutions, the Security Council has recognized this threat and called upon Member States to take the measures needed to deliver an effective response. The formal meeting was preceded by technical sessions on the same theme organized by the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTED) on 30 November and 1 December 2016.

Representatives of the private sector underscored their commitment to preventing the exploitation of ICT for terrorist purposes. Maryam Mujica, Public Policy Team Manager for Twitter, highlighted that the company “has suspended over 360,000 accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts” since mid-2015.

Participants in the special meeting and the accompanying technical sessions included Member States, international and regional organizations, United Nations entities, the private sector, academia, faith-based leaders, and civil society representatives. Having relevant actors from various sectors gathered in the same room provided an opportunity for dialogue and for a frank discussion about challenges and ways forward.

Documents

Concept note

Agenda, technical meeting

Agenda, CTC special meeting

ICT4��AV report – Private sector engagement in responding to the use of the Internet and ICT for terrorist purposes

Presentations

2016-11-30-Session I 30 Nov – Arije Antinori, European Counter-Terrorism Centre (ECTC)

2016-11-30-Session I 30 Nov – V.S. Subrahmanian, University of Maryland

2016-11-30 – Vidia Arianti, ICPVTR

2016-11-30-Session V 30 Nov – Maxim Grigoryev, The Foundation for the Study of Democracy

2016-12-01-Session I 1 Dec – Rafal Rohozinski, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at SecDev Group, ICT4��AV

2016-12-01-Session V 1 Dec – Dr. Mahmoud Nagah Ahmed Farag Khalaf, Al-Azhar Observer

Speech By Jan Kleijssen Director Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law – DGI Council of Europe

Contribution de Mme Patricia Herdt, Représentante permanente a.i.
de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) auprès des Nations Unies

“International Cooperation and Public-Private Partnership while Respecting International Human Rights” A Speech Delivered by: Dr. Reham Abdullah Salamah

Media coverage

Related media coverage

Special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee: Preventing the exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms (1 December 2016: Session III)

CTED-organized meeting: Preventing the exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms (1 December 2016: Session V)

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Counter-Terrorism Committee urges States to “ensure zero tolerance to terrorism”

AKHVEDELID — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:53:00 +0000

4 October 2011 – The Counter-Terrorism Committee held a special meeting on 28 September to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1373 and urged “all Member States to ensure zero tolerance towards terrorism and take urgent action to prevent and combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and other international and regional organizations shared their views on counter-terrorism during the day-long event at UN Headquarters in New York. Their opinions on progress made so far in the implementation of resolution 1373 and the future work of the Committee were captured in the outcome document the Committee approved at the end of its special meeting.

Speaking at the opening session, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that "the adoption of resolution 1373 was a milestone in the strong leadership of the UN in combating terrorism globally." It came close to two weeks after the September 2001 attacks on the United States, a turning point in the fight against terrorism.

The United Nations had worked for decades on the issue, but “the nature, intensity, coordination and sophistication of those horrendous attacks brought home the need for urgent and concerted action to collectively combat the scourge of terrorism,” said Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Chair of the Committee.

Resolution 1373 is one of the important tools the United Nations has developed to tackle this global threat. Among other things, it requires all States to criminalize terrorism, deny terrorists safe haven and financial support, and cooperate with other States to bring terrorists to justice.

In the past decade, “the international community has vigorously responded to the call to rise up to the unprecedented challenges posed by terrorism,” Ambassador Puri said.

At the Committee’s special meeting, participants highlighted positive developments, such as the increase in the number of States that have ratified the international treaties against terrorism, established financial intelligence units, and introduced new systems of border security. Speakers also said that international cooperation is stronger today than 10 years ago.

However, more needs to be done to fully implement resolution 1373. In the outcome document, the Committee stressed the importance of States complying with their obligations. To be effective, one of the actions States should take is to develop comprehensive strategies to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism.

As Mike Smith, head of the Committee’s Executive Directorate, said: “Issues such as education, humanitarian support and good governance are important for their own sake, but they are also relevant to our work and should be taken into account in broader, more comprehensive and integrated strategies to address terrorism.”

The draft agenda is available here.

The outcome document is available here.

Opening statements by:
• Chair of Counter-Terrorism Committee
• Executive Director of Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

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