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  1. “We must therefore denounce the fact that those who are capable of committing systematic acts of the greatest brutality use the noblest causes as their pretexts. We must take action against the organizations and groups that make the operation of terrorist groups possible. We must acknowledge the pain and suffering of the victims and prevent the seeds of hatred sown by terrorism from taking root in the hearts and minds of the children and young people, through whom terrorism wishes to perpetuate itself. As representatives of States meeting in this Organization under its founding Charter, we must renew our commitment and our efforts to prevent terrorism from undermining, in any way, dialogue and cooperation, which is the only path that will yield the solutions that our peoples need today and in future.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  2. “We must also keep our societies and relations among peoples free from mistrust, fear and the threat of terrorism. Within the sphere of the European Union, Spain, along with its partners, has actively promoted major advances in the fight against terrorism. Cooperation, which for us is particularly intensive and valuable with France, transcends the bilateral framework and has enabled the European Union to equip itself with new legal and judicial instruments and mechanisms for police cooperation. Terrorism has not been, and will never be, a solution. It is the problem. Its defeat will require considerable effort, active collaboration and involvement by all, whether or not they feel directly threatened by this scourge.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  3. “Here, I believe that it is imperative to reactivate the Middle East peace process, with the help of the road map, and to find a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Moreover, we must address the social factors that terrorist organizations use as excuses. Finally, we shall have to take initiatives aimed at fostering dialogue between civilizations, religions and cultures. Spain is a democratic and European nation. We are facing the fight against terrorism from this dual perspective. This fight has as a basis the firm resolve to defend all the rights and freedoms of all citizens, to uphold the supremacy of law and to strengthen our solidarity towards the States committed to this common objective. In so doing, we will not only be combating a criminal phenomenon.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  4. “The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Group of Eight are called upon to play a particularly relevant role in this area. Fifth, we must elaborate procedures to prevent terrorist groups from using the United Nations system as a platform for conveying their violent message to the world, in order to justify their actions or to obtain political advantages. Sixth, we must give a clear voice to the victims of terrorism. We must commit ourselves to an active policy of remembering, not forgetting. We must allow victims of terrorism to speak out and to bear witness within the framework of the United Nations by setting up an institutional mechanism that can serve as their forum. Seventh, we must deprive terrorists of any legitimacy, and we must disclose the pretexts that they use.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  5. “Second, I believe that the Committee should focus on certain priorities. In this connection, it is essential to strengthen mechanisms aimed at curbing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the availability of such weapons to terrorist groups. We must also further improve existing measures to cut off financing to and dismantle financial networks that provide resources to terrorists, who take advantage of the openness of our economies and our financial systems. Third, we must maintain a policy of firmness. Zero tolerance for terrorism should come first in any code of conduct promulgated by the international community. Fourth, we must increase international cooperation. Counter-terrorism assistance should be regularly incorporated into international, bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  6. “I shall briefly outline some thoughts on ways to strengthen those responses. First, I believe that we should strengthen the Counter-Terrorism Committee. We must enhance the means available to it and its capacity for supervision and for facilitating assistance to countries, as well as for coordination with other international and regional organizations. Cooperation with the disarmament agencies, especially those responsible for weapons of mass destruction, must be a priority on our agenda. In order to increase the Committee's operational capability and visibility, I believe that we should consider the possibility of empowering it to draw up a general list of terrorist organizations, similar to the list kept by the Committee established by resolution 1267 (1999) on Al Qaeda and the Taliban.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  7. “The prospects could be thoroughly ominous if the natural alliances between so-called emerging threats - in particular between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction - were to materialize. The attributes that I have enumerated demonstrate that terrorism is a menacing but not invincible evil. Thus, we must rethink the phenomenon of terrorism and the national and international security architecture that we have been constructing to combat it. I believe that terrorism constitutes both an ethical and a strategic challenge. The response to the first challenge requires the development of a democratic culture of opposition to terrorism, renewing the authority of principles that are essential to any society and ensuring values that we all must share. The strategic challenge posed by terrorism requires more ambitious collective responses.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  8. “All types of terrorism, which are the manifestation of imposition by means of violence, are fundamentally the same and must be combated with the same aggressiveness and the same absence of condescension. Fifthly, terrorism is not something that concerns one country or another; it concerns us all. It is transnational. It exploits the vulnerabilities and gaps in the judicial order of the organization of our societies and the very dynamic of international relations. The international community as a whole finds itself challenged precisely where its fundamental values are contested. Sixthly, terrorism is a threat that casts a long shadow over the future, and as such, we must combat it with strong and sustained tenacity.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  9. “We know that terrorism is one of the main challenges to the international order. The chance to universalize freedom and prosperity is one of that order's greatest opportunities. The shape of the future international order will largely depend on how we deal with the challenges and how we are able to take advantage of the opportunities. Fourthly, all terrorism is one and the same despite its thousand different faces. It adopts different forms, but in its substance, it retains one identity. There is not domestic and international terrorism, old and new terrorism, or first- and second-class terrorism. Such classifications belong much more to the world of academic treatises than to that of political leadership and, despite its intentions, contribute to the sowing of confusion.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  10. “It is a destabilizing factor and a brake on the building of a freer, safer and more just international order. In recent years, we have lived under the influence of shifting paradigms in the defining of a new international order. In my opinion, we have all seen it demonstrated that we are not facing the end of history but, rather, a new chapter that must be written by us all. We are not facing a clash of civilizations but, rather, the clash of the new barbarism against the civilization that it aims to destroy. Lending credence to the idea of the existence of an inexorable antagonism between civilizations, religions or cultures amounts to falling into the trap of dialectics that the terrorists - practitioners of monologue and the enemies of dialogue - would like to impose.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  11. “First, terrorism is a threat against civilization - against all civilizations. It is not an unjustifiable means merely because of its recourse to indiscriminate violence. Nor is it effective in achieving its ends, because the religious or political causes that it purports to serve become its first victims. Terrorism is primitive and atavistic. Its aim is to subject and silence by means of violence, undermining free consent and free speech, which are the foundations of all civilizations. Secondly, terrorism is a threat against democracy. It is taking shape as the new totalitarianism of the twenty-first century. The reincarnation of the totalitarianisms of the past century, it is the main enemy of open societies. Thirdly, terrorism is a threat against international peace and security.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  12. “During the last year and a half, under the extremely effective chairmanship of the United Kingdom and the valuable support of all of members of the Council, the Committee has done an excellent job unprecedented in its breadth and scope. However, in my opinion, we must not fall into complacency. The last thing that we should permit is that 11 September should sink into oblivion, as if it had been a bad dream or a unique and unrepeatable event, or that our Committee should lapse into routine and a lack of ambition. Terrorism certainly acquired global dimensions with 11 September, but it did not come into existence on that date. The nature and magnitude of its threat had been evident long before. From the beginning, the principal characteristics of terrorism have only been confirmed. I shall attempt briefly to sum them up.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  13. “The sentiments were those of responsibility - of shouldering our share of responsibility in our common cause against terrorism - and of solidarity with the men and women and countries that are the Victims of terrorism. The aspiration is that of adding our efforts to the CTC's momentum in leading that undertaking. Resolution 1373 (2001), which established the Committee, was adopted exactly 17 days after the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The Security Council, appalled by that eruption of horror, proved itself equal to the circumstances and was able, within only a few days, to reach agreement on adopting one of the most far-reaching texts in its history.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source

  14. “Mr. Aznar (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): It is most gratifying to me that the first hours of this Visit to New York are being spent at the United Nations. I have just had a very cordial and very satisfactory meeting with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and it is an honour to have this opportunity to address the Security Council in order to communicate some thoughts on a subject that, for all of us, is a serious concern and a test of our ability to work for peace and security. A little more than a month ago, on 4 April, Spain assumed the chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) established by the Security Council. We assumed that duty motivated by two sentiments and an aspiration.”

    2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source