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07STATE142289
2007-10-10 16:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
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CTC CHAIRMAN ARIAS TO BRIEF UNSC ON

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UNCLAS STATE 142289 

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER KTFN UNSC
SUBJECT: CTC CHAIRMAN ARIAS TO BRIEF UNSC ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1373

REF: DONOVAN-CROWE E-MAIL

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UNCLAS STATE 142289

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER KTFN UNSC
SUBJECT: CTC CHAIRMAN ARIAS TO BRIEF UNSC ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1373

REF: DONOVAN-CROWE E-MAIL

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Summary
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1. Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman Arias will
provide on, October 10, an informal briefing to the Security
Council updating the UNSC on Member States' implementation of
UNSCR 1373. The basis for the briefing is to report progress
on Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs),which have
been drafted by the CTC's Counter-terrorism Executive
Directorate (CTED) and which provide a comprehensive overview
of Member State implemenation of UNSCR 1373. All PIAs are
subject to final approval by the CTC, and Member States have
opportunities to comment on the draft PIA of their country's
performance.

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Objectives
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2. USUN may wish to draw upon the following points in
responding to Arrias' statement updating the UNSC on its
assessment of Member States' implementation of UNSCR 1373.


The United States thanks you (Chairman Arias) for your update
on the status of the implementation of resolution 1373. We
also thank your assistant Angelica Jacome for all of her hard
work. As all of you (UNSC members) know, the issue of
counter-terrorism is one of the highest priorities of the USG.
It is disappointing that the CTC could not agree to consider
the global analysis prepared by CTED as a basis to brief the
Council on the status of implementation by all states of
resolution 1373.
With respect to next steps, the United States supports a
regular update by CTED of the "Analysis on the status of
implementation of Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)."
We think that such an update would provide a better picture
of progress being made towards implementation. We also
believe that, as appropriate, reports should be more
detailed, highlighting when in a region or subregion specific
and important differences exist in countries' implementation
of the resolution.

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Background
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3. Resolution 1373, which the Security Council adopted
unanimously in September 2001, obligates states to take
wide-reaching measures to combat terrorism. The resolution
also established the Security Council's Counter-terrorism
Committee (CTC) to monitor states' implementation of the
resolution and to facilitate the delivery of technical
assistance to states that need it to implement the
resolution. In 2004, the Council established the
Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to
assist the CTC in monitoring states' implementation of 1373
and in CTC's capacity-building efforts.

CTED began last year drafting preliminary implementation
assessments (PIAs) to assess progress on and gaps in Member
States' implementation of 1373. CTED has completed draft
assessments for all Member States. Approximately one-third
of the PIAs have been reviewed by the CTC, and Member States
will soon have the opportunity to comment on the assessment
of their state's implementation of UNSCR 1373.

Arias' statement to the Security Council reflects the lack of
consensus within the CTC on how to proceed with CTED's draft
overview of Member State compliance assessing 1373
implementation by region and/or subregion and by theme.

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Point of Contact
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4. Inquiries may be directed to IO/PSC (Erin Crowe,
202-736-7847).
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