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  1. “WCO has also, in the past two years, participated with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee in seven missions to assess the measures employed by countries to bring themselves into compliance with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), which in part requires enhanced border security to prevent acts of terrorism. At the end of the day, the one barrier that the actors in this play must cross is customs, and WCO and its member administrations stand ready to assist the 07-24806 United Nations and the members of this Council in their efforts.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  2. “WCO and IAEA entered into a memorandum of understanding in 1998; we exchange illicit trafficking data, co-sponsor seminars and jointly develop technical and training materials. We also collaborate with IAEA in the production of technical documents on prevention, detection and response. We have participated with IAEA in customs radiation safety training courses and reviewed IAEA illicit trafficking handbooks and guidelines for monitoring radioactive material in the international mail. We have also developed a secure encrypted customs enforcement network, which permits customs services to exchange information and communications and includes databases on nuclear materials and hazardous substances.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  3. “The WCO programme to control the exportation and importation of nuclear and radiological materials was developed nearly 15 years ago to further customs agencies' efforts to protect the societies they serve. Ten years ago, working with IAEA, WCO developed recommendations covering customs actions against illegal cross-border movement of nuclear and hazardous materials. Those comprehensive recommendations urged our members' administrations to recognize the need for the prevention, detection and repression of illicit movements of nuclear and hazardous substances. It called for appropriate legislation and powers to deal with all aspects of illegal trafficking in nuclear and hazardous material. It called for cooperation and the sharing of information on trafficking, and urged efforts to detect illicit cross- border movements.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  4. “Technology has been an enabler, but infrastructure and customs staffing are still real issues we have to face. Inevitably, trade volumes have continued to grow and security needs have increased. It has long been apparent to customs agencies that there are no physical security processes that can be successfully applied to match an ever-expanding threat potential while at the same time facilitating the rapid clearance of legitimate trade across national borders. Therefore, the sole means by which the safety of the 07-24806 global supply chain can be secured without imposing a crippling impact on the necessary free flow of legitimate trade, is through the consistent and effective application of well-reasoned risk management regimes along with the effective use of technology and customs best practices in security and facilitation.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  5. “The concept is to identify high-risk shipments early in the global supply chain - at or before exportation - to allow for appropriate and timely control of high-risk cargo prior to its introduction into the global supply chain's more vulnerable transportation network. The SAFE Framework foresees the rapid release of legitimate cargo upon its importation by identifying international traders that demonstrate an appropriate degree of security within their supply chain. That concept pushes security further back in the global supply chain by involving the private sector, which has increased security in its supply chains. How are we doing with this balancing act between security and facilitation? We are doing better than we were five years ago, but we are not yet where we want to be.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  6. “We also work closely with the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Group of Eight, the World Health Organization, Interpol, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other international organizations on security matters that can impact the global supply chain. We work with those organizations on training and capacity-building efforts. The SAFE Framework is a concept that moves customs focus from importation to exportation for security purposes. However, by focusing on the exportation of goods, customs will actually increase the facilitation of cargo upon importation.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  7. “The WCO has engaged other regional and international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Organization for 8 Standardization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the European Union and the African Union, to ensure that the SAFE Framework is compatible with other security and facilitation guidelines being developed by those organizations and does not unduly burden the private sector with conflicting security standards.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  8. “The SAFE Framework is built on two pillars: customs-to-customs network arrangements and customs-to-business partnerships. While not specifically set forth in the SAFE Framework, there is in reality a third pillar, namely customs cooperation with other national, regional and international Government organizations that have border control responsibilities.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  9. “To date, 144 of our 171 members have signed letters of intent to implementation the SAFE Framework. The theory underlying the SAFE Framework is that appropriate, focused and layered trade security measures will actually facilitate the movement of legitimate trade across national boundaries and thereby protect the global economy. The SAFE Framework reflects the realization of the fact that security and facilitation are inextricably intertwined. The SAFE Framework has four core elements: advanced electronic manifest information; a consistent risk management approach; at the request of the importing nation, the outbound inspection of high-risk cargo at the point of export using non-intrusive detection equipment; and enhanced trade facilitation for legitimate trade that meets certain security standards.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  10. “The joint industry customs task force that worked on the Framework built upon the work done on the revised Kyoto Convention and has produced guidelines on integrated border management, which is the single window through which to coordinate border agencies; integrated supply-chain management, which coordinates all links in the global supply chain; a revised data model that provides harmonized form and content of messages; and unique consignment reference policies, so that a shipment can be identified from origin to destination. Working together, customs and the private sector produced the SAFE Framework of Standards. It was unanimously adopted by the WCO Council in June 2005, and in June 2006 the WCO Council approved a document on authorized economic operators as part of the SAFE Framework.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  11. “In the 15 to 20 years prior to 11 September 2001, customs administrations, particularly in the developed world, began focusing more on trade facilitation rather than continuing to support unnecessary customs controls. At the WCO, that trade facilitation focus led to the negotiation of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures in 1999. Today, 52 WCO members, including all of the world's major trading nations, are signatories to the revised Kyoto Convention. However, 9/11 caused the world to refocus on customs control and to face a simple truth: that every nation has an absolute right to determine who and what will cross its national borders. The instrument of this exercise of sovereign control is customs.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  12. “In the light of the terrorist threat to the global economy, nations seek from their customs administrations economic and physical security, while international traders look for uniformity, predictability, transparency and efficiency in their dealings with customs agencies. The WCO finds itself in the business of globalizing and to the extent possible standardizing customs control efforts to improve both the security and the facilitation of the global supply chain. Our most Visible effort to that end is the Framework of Standards - known as SAFE - a global supply chain security initiative developed at the WCO by the international trade community and WCO member customs administrations.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source

  13. “Mr. Schmitz: We appreciate this opportunity to explain how the World Customs Organization (WCO) might assist in the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). Customs administrations worldwide face the trade-security/trade-facilitation dilemma. On one hand, there is the continuing growth in legitimate international trade, while on the other hand there is the illicit cross-border movement of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), drugs, counterfeit merchandise, dual-use chemicals, small arms, undeclared merchandise, currency, cultural property, hazardous materials and individuals.”

    2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source