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Jeremy Greenstock

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“The weaker we collectively appear, the more probable it is that military action will be the outcome. An essential component of this message is to ensure that inspections - United Nations inspections - are effective. That means giving the inspectors the penetrating strength to ensure the successful weapons-of-mass- destruction disarmament of Iraq. We cannot afford a return to the ambiguous modalities and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) of the past; we cannot afford exceptions to unconditional, unrestricted and immediate access; we cannot afford to have inspectors again standing by helplessly while crucial documents are burned or while convoys leave from the back door as inspectors arrive at the front; we cannot afford interviews compromised by intimidating minders.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“We wish to see the Security Council, which Iraq has been defying for so long, express its will and its unity in a clear, strong resolution. That resolution must give the regime in Baghdad an unequivocal choice: complete weapons of mass destruction disarmament and normal membership of the international community, or refusal and the inevitable consequences. The United Kingdom has made it clear to Iraq, privately at a senior official level, that this choice is being offered genuinely. It represents a single, final chance for Iraq. If this is understood, and if the Council keeps its nerve, then maybe there is a prospect that Iraq will finally comply with its obligations and that military action can be averted. If we fail to send that tough signal, we shall be ignoring the realities.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“The United Kingdom analysis, backed up by reliable intelligence, shows that Iraq has in recent years tried to buy multiple components relevant to the production of a nuclear bomb. The United Kingdom analysis, backed up by reliable intelligence, points to the retention of extended-range missiles and to the employment of hundreds of people in projects to develop weapons with a range of over 1,000 kilometres that could carry both weapons of mass destruction and conventional warheads. It would be an abdication of responsibility to ignore this challenge to the international community. We cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand and pretend the problem does not exist. We cannot accept the Iraqi Government's word at face value, knowing what we know.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“Only under the recent intense diplomatic pressure, and particularly the threat of military action, has the Iraqi Government's letter of 16 September 2002 emerged. These Iraqi words, while necessary, are of themselves not enough. We remain deeply perturbed by evidence that Iraq believes it can hide its weapons of mass destruction rather than declare them, that it can again fool the inspectors and play games with them. The United Kingdom analysis, backed up by reliable intelligence, indicates that Iraq still possesses chemical and biological materials, has continued to produce them, has sought to weaponize them, and has active military plans for the deployment of such weapons.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“What has changed is first, that the policy of containment isn't any longer working, certainly without a massive change in the way that the regime is monitored and inspected; and secondly, we know from 11 September that it is sensible to deal with these problems before, not after." Iraq could have invited the inspectors back without conditions at any time in the last few years. Sanctions could have been lifted and Iraqis restored to a normal life. They are a talented and spirited people; but they have been betrayed and stunted by a Government unworthy of them. Only Baghdad's insistence on retaining weapons of mass destruction capability has blocked that path of good sense and humanity.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“We all know how Iraq tried to limit and hinder inspections to the extent that in August 1998 the then head of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) said it was impossible for him to do his job. We all know of the outstanding weapons of mass destruction for which UNSCOM. was unable to account. We all know of the multiple warnings sent to Iraq in resolution after resolution and presidential statement after presidential statement. No shadow of a doubt remains that Iraq has defied the United Nations - not any particular Member State, the United Nations - over the whole of this period. As Prime Minister Blair has said "it is not that for 10 years Saddam Hussein has not been a problem, he has been a problem throughout the last 10 years.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“The United Kingdom's firm objective is the complete disarmament of Iraq in the area of weapons of mass destruction, by peaceful means. I repeat, our first preference is a peaceful solution to the current crisis surrounding Iraq. Ensuring that there is such a solution lies in the hands of Iraq. In 1991, following the Gulf War, the Security Council set out the conditions governing the ceasefire between Iraq and the international coalition. Sadly, over eleven years later, Iraq remains in material breach of these obligations. We all know of the myriad ways in which Iraq sought, almost immediately after inspections began, to frustrate inspections and intimidate inspectors. We all know of the succession of allegedly final declarations submitted by Iraq after inspectors discovered some new incriminating fact or evidence.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“You were right, Sir, to schedule this debate. The United Kingdom was one of the first to call for it. The Council needs to hear the voice of the wider membership, particularly when we are on the edge of decisions that could make the difference between war and peace. It is a debate, clearly, that is about more than Iraq. The delegation and I have been listening carefully to it. The issues in our minds, whether we all refer to them or not, go much wider: the security of the whole neighbourhood of Iraq; the reinforcement of our collective effort to eliminate terrorism; justice for Palestine and security for Israel within the law; the role of the Security Council when serious matters of national security are before its members and the overall effectiveness of the United Nations itself. I wish to be very clear.”
2002-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption3 (2002) · source
“But, as the Permanent Observer of the African Union eloquently pointed out, poor development and poverty are a growth medium for support for the kind of activities which terrorists undertake. There is no doubt in my mind that the effective eradication of terrorism would both contribute to and be enhanced by effective sustainable development policies. These are the responsibility of the whole United Nations membership, individually and collectively, but anyone wanting a successful effort against terrorism must be prepared to contribute to them. I believe that this has been a useful and encouraging debate, and I reiterate my thanks to the Council for its support for the work of the CTC and for the leadership of the Bureau in that work for the six months to come.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Within that, of course, as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia pointed out, it is vital that assistance be available not just to Member States individually, but also to their regional and subregional organizations. I would like to remind Member States with respect to the approach of the CTC that we will facilitate such assistance - call for it, identify the need for it and point to the sources of it - but that we will not be the operational purveyors of assistance. Those who need it must be responsible for getting it; those who give it must make contact with those who require it; but the CTC will be the active facilitator, coordinator and supplier of information about such activity. Lastly, there were several references to the wider picture, which is not for this debate to enlarge upon.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“I am very pleased to hear of continuing activity, not just on the regional but on the subregional level as well. We heard this morning from members of the Georgia Uzbekistan Ukraine Azerbaijan Moldova Group in Eastern Europe; of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in North-East Africa; and of the Southern Africa Development Community in southern Africa. The Economic Community of West African States is also taking measures as a subregion in this area to complement the work which the great regional organizations are doing in the continents. I hope that every Member State within its own region will consider subregional activity with its immediate neighbours, because collective activity among those who depend on each other to keep the defences up against terrorism is very important.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“There have also been many references - I am glad to say some proud references from those who have achieved it - to the 12 conventions and to the need for widespread ratification of those conventions by Member States. I wish, however, to say once again how important it is that each Member State, in taking on board the obligations under those conventions, understand that it is also necessary to move on to operational action to give expression to what those conventions call for. Actually taking measures to combat terrorism on the territory of each Member State is a requirement of resolution 1373 (2001). The conventions are a necessary step on this road, but not a sufficient one and I think that the Council is united in both realizing that and in calling for that action.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“It is a programme of coordination, of stimulation of activity, of assistance to those who need it and, of course, of assessment of where the gaps are. On that last point - and I think the Permanent Representative of Nepal has just referred to this - we will begin, over this next period, to get more pointed in calling for effective action to fill the gaps that our experts and we identify. I am glad that, in several interventions, there has been a continuing focus on human rights - on the denial of human rights that terrorism itself represents, as the Permanent Representative of Peru pointed out - and on the need for us to remain aware of human rights obligations.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: I am very grateful to you, Sir, for calling this general debate on this subject a year on from the creation of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), because I think it has been both informative and, I am glad to say, very supportive of the programme which the CTC has set itself. That broad support is very necessary to me and to members of the Committee because the best way for mandatory obligations to be fulfilled is through active and voluntary cooperation between Member States. I have been impressed by the evidence in this debate that the unity of United Nations Member States in condemning and combating terrorism has been fully sustained over this past year. I am very pleased that the CTC's programme has been warmly supported both within the Security Council and by Member States outside it.”
2002-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption2 (2002) · source
“But I would also add that enforcement is a matter for the Security Council as a whole, and not for the Counter- Terrorism Committee. We would need to bring those failures to the Security Council, and not try to deal with them ourselves. We have to do the analysis and the groundwork on particular cases. I hope that before I finish my job as Chairman of the Committee, we will begin to focus on those areas that really need attention. I look forward to further interventions when you recall this debate, Mr. President, and I am grateful to you for presiding today over a very interesting set of exchanges.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It is enforcement and enforceability. I think that Member States are right to raise that. We have not gotten to it yet in the CTC, because we have to start with capacity-building and we have to focus in the early period on creating political momentum; in those two areas we create an objectivity in what we are doing. India, I think, said neither fear nor favour in these matters - and objectivity, which will make it more possible, if we succeed in those first two areas, to deal with the hard cases. When we have established - we are half way to it, but we have not done it yet - that objectivity and the Committee feels able to move on in unanimity to some of the questions of enforcement, then I think that we can consider how we approach failures to meet the necessary standard.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I am going to come back to it in a second, but recalling the importance of the weakest link as a vulnerability in the counter-terrorist effort and as a huge factor in what we are trying to do in the CTC is very important. That is why it is also important that we should be mainstreaming counter-terrorism. I think that during our next period we will look more deeply into the interconnection between counter-terrorism and countering other forms of international organized crime, and, indeed, preserving security in all sorts of ways across the broad spectrum of United Nations business. But getting counter-terrorism into the standard work that we do in security, development and combating crime is very important. The last area is one raised by India, which I think is quite important. We are going to come to it in the CTC.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I mentioned one or two in my address this morning, but I would like to thank in particular Australia, which is doing an enormous job in the Asian and Pacific regions, and Algeria, which, in the African Union and in the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has taken a lead in trying to bring people together in regional and wider groups. There are many others. I noticed that Algeria is not speaking in this debate, but it deserves some credit for recent initiatives. I notice that one or two statements - Liechtenstein and the European Union are two that come to mind - focused on minimum requirements and the weakest link, something that Norway referred to this morning. Again, people should be aware that a weak link breaks the whole chain and this is a global effort. That is why the CTC has focused above all on capacity-building.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I am very pleased to notice that some delegations have picked up the importance of that reference, but I think every Member State needs to realize that the 12 anti-terrorist conventions have a very clear and broad relevance to what we are trying to do under resolution 1373 (2001). We need to keep on reminding people and get the regional and international organizations to take this up with greater momentum, because that is the quickest and clearest legislative route to meeting most of the standards of resolution 1373 (2001). I should also like, in passing, to thank again those members of the wider United Nations community that are being particularly proactive in helping their regions or offering assistance and in generating the spirit that we need in cooperation between States.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: Just a few comments to pick up on the two points that came out of some interesting presentations this afternoon focusing particularly on those issues that are of direct relevance to the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Several delegations - I think Yemen was the first this afternoon - have mentioned the importance of the 12 international conventions against terrorism. That is something that the Counter-Terrorism Committee has repeatedly referred to. It is also becoming increasingly relevant to each Member State with regard to the adoption of the right legislation and ensuring that it meets the standards of resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I will be available this afternoon to respond to comments from non-members of the Council. But I would like to draw the attention of the United Nations to the leaflet on the CTC that we have produced, which is available in and around this Chamber, for Member States, members of the Council and those outside to use in reminding their Governments of the facts behind the CTC - what it is doing and what it intends to do - in an easily digestible form. I urge everyone: please use it, distribute it and keep up the good work.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Terrorism is one of the instruments of asymmetrical warfare - that is warfare by small groups against large States, warfare in unconventional ways, and the delivery of unconventional attacks against established States and established governmental institutions. The CTC, while dealing with an asymmetrical threat, is trying to establish a symmetrical response. That does not mean to say that we are being conventional, but we have to be aware that in producing a collective, governmental, symmetrical and in many ways defence- oriented response - defence understood in its widest sense, not just physical but also metaphorical - we have to be aware that we are dealing with a nasty asymmetrical enemy. That too is something on which I would quite like to have some expert briefing of the Committee in the months to come.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Energy must be put into the business of technical assistance and cooperation. I think that we are beginning to do that, but I am not yet satisfied that we have linked up with the international organizations that are leading in this field, to make them aware of what the CTC has to do and what it has the power to do, and of what they are doing. That is another theme for this upcoming season which I want to get right and to which the Committee will need to give some thought. Secondly, and most interestingly, I thought that Ms. Lee was right to advise us to beware of sticking only to conventional paradigms. Many articles have been written recently on asymmetrical warfare.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Some of them actually sit on the Committee as their national representatives there, but all the legal advisers have played a very important role, not just in advising us on what the law requires - what resolution 1373 (2001) says, and where we should be going in the legislative part of our programme - but also in directing us in that rather difficult area between politics and law, both domestic and international, which all members of the Council from time to time have to get right. In this respect, I would like to thank my own legal adviser, Iain MacLeod, who has been a tower of strength to me across the board. Finally, the representative of Singapore mentioned three challenges, two of which I want to comment on. First of all, "new ways to synergize coordination" (supra) must not be just a rhetorical phrase.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“I appreciated hearing several Council members mention human rights in some detail. This is a sensitive subject both for the CTC and the Council, but the awareness of the CTC to human rights obligations must be very active, not just passive. I think Mexico, Ireland and the United States particularly focused on this, and reminded us that what we are promoting in the CTC must be actively compatible with human rights obligations, leading to greater opportunities for Member States to meet their human rights obligations against the tension of the requirement to meet obligations under resolution 1373 (2001). Here - and this is particularly relevant in this area, although it applies more generally - I would like to pay tribute to the work of the legal advisers of delegations in the Committee.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“We do not mean uniformity in the sense that we must all do everything the same way, because national politics, jurisdictions, legislative and other Government machineries are different, and cultures are different, but uniformity in the objective and in the determination is extraordinarily important. This is something to which the CTC has been able to contribute over the past year. Complementarity in the way in which we fill gaps and raise capacities is absolutely vital. This is why I have placed so much emphasis on the work of the regional and subregional organizations - because like-minded States have to work together on this and encourage and help each other, since they are collective neighbourhoods protecting the whole neighbourhood. That sense of complementarity is a very useful theme which we should keep in mind as we go along.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“I think that is an area which is relevant to the kind of gentle warning made in Colombia's presentation. I also take careful note of his suggestion, as others have done, that we need to improve cooperation or perhaps, to put it better, the operational linkage between the work of the CTC and the work of the Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan. I shall certainly bring that up for discussion within the Committee before Ambassador Valdivieso leaves the Vice- Chairmanship. I want to pick up one comment from the Ambassador of Mexico, his observation that uniformity and complementarity in the international system are beginning to take a grip.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“He coupled with that the need to consider very carefully how we should move from bureaucracy to action, and perhaps look at casework in the near future. I would like to give notice through the Council to members of the CTC that I think we should discuss this quite soon in the next season. We are never going to become a tribunal. I will certainly not preside over a committee that does that. But it is going to become increasingly necessary to deal with the gaps that we and our experts perceive in the capabilities of Member States to deal with terrorism in their jurisdictions and to try and work with them to meet those gaps, particularly where there is a real life vulnerability or a real life likelihood that those gaps will make it easier for terrorists to actually operate.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: I am very grateful to members of the Council for their remarks this morning, and particularly for their universal support for the CTC, its work programme so far, its achievements and its indications of future direction. I want to comment briefly on some of the things that have been said and hope that some things said this morning will be picked up reactively by some of our speakers this afternoon. The Ambassador of Colombia was correct to give a critical appreciation of the work of the Committee so far and to point, not least, to some of the risks we face if we do not adapt as we go on. He was correct to say that, if we focus only on reports, the momentum behind the reports exercise risks fading if it does not lead on to other things.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“I should also like to pay tribute to the support that I have had from my own delegation, notably from Anna Clunes and Juliet Gilbert. The Security Council has placed confidence in the Bureau to continue for a further six-month period, and I am grateful to the Council for that. I thank the Vice-Chairmen, Ambassadors Koonjul, Lavrov and Valdivieso, for steering the work of the CTC and its subcommittees. Together we are determined to make the next months even more productive.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“The Commonwealth Secretariat, with major funding from the United Kingdom and Canada, is offering help to its 46 members and others with legislative drafting. The United States has already offered training to representatives of over 48 countries. Let me close by paying tribute to the work of all members of the Committee, the Vice-Chairmen, the experts and the Secretariat. I recognize the strains we have placed on the Secretariat, but we have all had to raise our game on this important subject. Everyone has worked with dedication, good will and increasing professionalism. I should particularly like to mention for tribute the three leaving experts of our team, Dr. Walter Gehr, Ms. Heidi Broekhuis and Mr. Lotfi Daoues, who have all served with distinction on that team.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Awareness of what we are doing, and of what we need to know, is close to universal. Cooperation between States, particularly in the form of assistance, has increased. More and more States and organizations are looking at what they have to offer and are informing the Committee of their willingness to help where needed. Many States have begun to provide help, and others have moved quickly to turn commitments into action on the ground. The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Financial Action Task Force on Money-Laundering of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development are developing programmes to help States put in place measures to stop their financial systems from being abused by terrorists.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“We shall continue our exchanges with over 30 international, regional and subregional organizations from every region of the world. It is welcome that they have tackled counter-terrorism, a new area for many of those organizations, with seriousness and determination. At the global level, the CTC has enjoyed unprecedented support from the United Nations membership for its efforts to turn the global consensus on fighting terrorism into practical action. One hundred and seventy-four Member States and five others have reported to the CTC on the action taken and planned, and the dialogue has continued. The CTC has responded to almost all of those first reports and has begun to review the 86 follow-up reports that States have provided. To date, the total number of reports received by the CTC stands at 265.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“They have recognized that no country is safe from terrorism if its neighbour is not. Let me give a few examples. The European Union (EU), already a well-connected region, has introduced new measures aimed at tackling terrorism, such as the Common European arrest warrant. Across the Atlantic, the Organization of American States (OAS) has agreed to a regional convention and has developed practical ways of sharing best practice and coordinating on region- wide issues such as border security. Last month, members of the African Union adopted an action plan that sets out their own determination to fight terrorism. The CTC has had constructive contact with the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Regional Forum of the Association of South-East Asian Nations and Pacific Islands Forum.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“At the national level Governments throughout the world have responded to the challenge laid down in resolution 1373 (2001) to prevent and suppress terrorism. In almost every case, parliaments have begun to consider or adopt new laws and Governments have reviewed the strength of their institutions to fight terrorism. As required by the resolution, States have looked again at the 12 international conventions and protocols related to terrorism. Ratifications have gone up significantly since July a year ago. Then, only Botswana and the United Kingdom had ratified all 12 instruments; today, 24 States have done so. We want the pace to accelerate further. At the regional level, States have worked together in practical ways, often through their regional organizations, to improve regional capacity against terrorism.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“The CTC will remain in touch with Sergio Vieira de Mello, the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the context of the Committee's wish to remain fully aware of the interaction of its work with human rights concerns. Let me say something about how the global environment for terrorists has changed since October 2001, when the CTC was created. Forty meetings, eighty-three sub-committee meetings and nineteen open briefings later, I am honoured to set out some of the achievements in the counter-terrorism field to which the CTC has contributed. As you will see from the following examples, global activity on resolution 1373 (2001) is taking place far beyond the walls of conference room 7, in virtually every capital of every Member State of the United Nations.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“But it does expect every State to strengthen its capacity against terrorism by implementing resolution 1373 (2001) at its fastest capable speed. Achieving this will be easier for individual States if they work within the collective effort of their region. Regional organizations must ensure that no gaps are left within their overall territory. To help them in this task, the CTC will deepen its relationships with international, regional and sub-regional organizations during the coming work period. It will invite them to contribute information on their activities, which can be collated so that each organization can be aware of, and glean ideas from, the activities of sister organisations around the world. We will work closely with them on the provision of assistance.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Let me draw the Council's attention to the fact that 16 Member States have not yet filed a report with the CTC. Of these, 7 have not made any kind of written contact; they are: Chad, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia, Swaziland and Tonga. The CTC is actively following up, with a view to offering advice and assistance to these States on preparing a report. The CTC urges all these States to submit a report, and to be in dialogue with the Committee on the steps needed to implement resolution 1373 (2001). The CTC does not expect any State to report that it has fully implemented resolution 1373 (2001). Indeed, as I have said before in the Council, the CTC will not declare any State "fully compliant".”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“There is now, on the CTC's web site (www.un.org/sc/ctc) a comprehensive directory of information and sources of assistance in the field of counter-terrorism, which has been put together as a tool for States. Our experts are in direct contact with Permanent Missions to discuss the provision of assistance. They will do whatever they can to help States access the help they need, and you will find that the experts may have their own ideas about where assistance might be helpful, drawing on their knowledge of what assistance programmes are available, what best practice has been established around the world and what gaps have been identified in resolution 1373 (2001) implementation, in the State concerned. While the response from the United Nations membership to resolution 1373 (2001) has been remarkable, it has not yet quite been universal.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“The CTC will continue to offer encouragement, advice and guidance to States on the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001). It will focus, when reviewing reports or working on assistance, on the areas which need to be tackled first. For most States that will be by ensuring that they have, first, legislation in place covering all aspects of resolution 1373 (2001) and a process in hand for ratifying as soon as possible the twelve international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism. Secondly, States must have effective executive machinery for preventing and suppressing terrorist financing. The CTC will continue to coordinate and facilitate the provision of technical assistance focusing on these priority areas.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Cooperation has the first hallmark of the CTC's modus operandi, because resolution 1373 (2001), while mandatory on all Member States, has to be implemented willingly by Governments to make a difference. Dialogue and partnerships with Governments is essential in order to be successful in raising global standards against terrorism. The natural ally of partnership is transparency, which I hope has become our second hallmark. The CTC is not a tribunal and does not judge States, but it does expect every State to work at its fastest possible speed to implement the far-reaching obligations of resolution 1373 (2001). They therefore all need to know, all the time, how the CTC is operating and why. There is still much more to do before terrorists find that there is no safe haven, because the bar against terrorism has been raised in every country.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“The task which faced us then was challenging; to begin a dialogue with every Member State on resolution 1373 (2001), to find out what measures Governments had put in place already and what more needed to be done to ensure that there was no support, active or passive, for terrorism, and to work with the resolve demanded by the Council's determination in paragraph 8 of resolution 1373 (2001) to take all necessary steps to ensure the full implementation of that resolution. The way in which the CTC has responded to this challenge is well known to the Council through the quarterly reports I have made on behalf of the Committee, and through the CTC's 90-day work programmes, the fifth of which, issued recently as document S/2002/1075.”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“Sir Jeremy Greenstock: In my national capacity may I warmly welcome you to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. You have our full support. May I express my delegation's gratitude for the very constructive presidency of your predecessor, Ambassador Tafrov. I am extremely grateful to the Secretary-General for joining us this morning on this important subject and I would like to express my gratitude to him and through him for the solid support which the Secretariat has shown under his leadership over the past year. I speak to you this morning against the sombre background which the Secretary-General has so eloquently set out. One year ago today, the CTC held its first ever meeting to discuss how it would fulfil the mandate set by the Security Council to monitor the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4618 (2002) · source
“I believe that he has touched on the right point there: we do not need to institutionalize; we need to achieve results in practice. I think we are beginning to show how to do that, and I will certainly do the best I can to follow the spirit of Mahbubani and Singapore and achieve those results.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“I think that we have to recognize, as he did in his presentation, that the world is moving faster than the Council -Ambassador Levitte referred to that. The Council is catching up, but we must move further if the world is not to move on ahead of us. As for the detailed improvements that he suggested in his conclusion, yes, I agree with them. But I am not sure that the informal working group on procedure is quite the point. The point is for Ambassadors in this Council to use their individual responsibilities and powers to make a difference in the way that this Council produces results. If it is the Ambassador of France who is suggesting a British pragmatism, who am I to suggest that that is not the way to go forward?”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“I look forward to an interesting and interactive debate within the General Assembly. I think that that is the point of this report - to have a good debate in the General Assembly. Of course, non-Council members can sling arrows at the Council if they wish, but I hope they will also pay attention to the realities of how we have to work in the context of each conflict, and I hope that they contribute to the continuation of achievable improvements in the Council by making constructive, as well as critical, remarks. I would add a further question to the four questions that Ambassador Mahbubani posed in his statement, relating to whether the Council has responded adequately to the greater demands put upon it by the process of globalization.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“But I think that transparency adds to the collective nature of the Security Council, which works for all States Members of the United Nations, and if the Counter-Terrorism Committee has been able to make some advances in that area, it is only because I perceived that Member States were very willing to respond to the necessary business of meeting their obligations under resolution 1373 (2001). I attribute that transparency to Member States for responding in a transparent atmosphere, rather than to any new initiative from within the Counter-Terrorism Committee. It has helped us to stay together in the Committee but, much more importantly, it has helped the United Nations membership to stay together on perhaps the most important new initiative that the Security Council has taken in the past year.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“We can think of a number of serious crises - crises within States, which have an international character, and between States, where there is still a huge danger of conflict - which have not been brought to the Council. I cannot think of any such crises that have benefited from not being brought to the Council. Of course, there are some issues that the Council does not resolve; but I do not believe that avoiding the Council is empirically the right way to go. On transparency, I am with France and Norway, and certainly with Singapore: we can do more. I would not mind virtually all of our meetings being open, except when we are negotiating closely on texts or on issues which just cannot afford to be in the public eye.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“I agree with Ambassador Levitte that our missions have evolved remarkably, and I pay tribute to what he himself has done on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with his three annual forays into that particular difficult maelstrom - we will miss him in that respect. But we have had an effect on the parties on the ground by personally visiting their offices and showing that we were determined to require them to implement the agreements that they themselves willingly entered into. That is another example of interaction between the Council as a collective body and the individual responsibilities of Member States. We should note also that there are some major areas where the Security Council has been prevented from entering.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source
“We all know that that adds power to the effect of the Council's work, and it is something that we have learned to go for and that we should stick to in every application that we possibly can. Resolutions 1352 (2001) and 1382 (2001) on Iraq are examples of that. It would be very good if we could continue that experience. It has happened in a number of other areas, not least with regard to resolution 1397 (2002) on the Middle East peace process, from which we should draw lessons to see where the Security Council is best able to work effectively in the most complex situations. But we will not always be able to manage that.”
2002-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4616 (2002) · source