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28/09/2001

Press Release
SC/7158

Security Council
4385th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING ANTI-TERRORISM

RESOLUTION;

CALLS FOR SUPPRESSING FINANCING. IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Resolution 1373 (2001) Also Creates Committee to Monitor Implementation

Reaffirming its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist acts that took place in New York,
Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on 11 September, the Security Council this evening
unanimously adopted a wide-ranging, comprehensive resolution with steps and strategies to combat
international terrorism.

By resolution 1373 (2001) the Council also established a Committee of the Council to
monitor the resolution's implementation and called on all States to report on actions they had taken
to that end no later than 90 days from today.

Under terms of the text, the Council decided that all States should prevent and suppress the
financing of terrorism, as well as criminalize the wilful provision or collection of funds for such acts.
The funds, financial assets and economic resources of those who commit or attempt to commit
terrorist acts or participate in or facilitate the commission of terrorist acts and of persons and entities
acting on behalf of terrorists should also be frozen without delay.

The Council also decided that States should prohibit their nationals or persons or entities in
their territories from making funds, financial assets, economic resources, financial or other related
services available to persons who commit or attempt to commit, facilitate or participate in the
commission of terrorist acts. States should also refrain from providing any form of support to entities
or persons involved in terrorist acts; take the necessary steps to prevent the commission of terrorist
acts; deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, commit terrorist acts and provide safe
havens as well.

By other terms, the Council decided that all States should prevent those who finance, plan,
facilitate or commit terrorist acts from using their respective territories for those purposes against
other countries and their citizens. States should also ensure that anyone who has participated in
the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts or in supporting terrorist acts is
brought to justice. They should also ensure that terrorist acts are established as serious criminal
offences in domestic laws and regulations and that the seriousness of such acts is duly reflected in
sentences served.

By further terms, the Council decided that States should afford one another the greatest
measure of assistance for criminal investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the financing or
support of terrorist acts. States should
also prevent the movement of terrorists or their groups by effective border controls as well.

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j£an UN Play Tough Cop Against Terrorism? - 9/11 - Global Policy Forum Page 1 of 3

Can UN Play Tough Cop Against Terrorism?

Many Want the UN to go Beyond 'Soft' Issues by Setting up Antiterrorism Agency

By Howard LaFranchi
Christian Science Monitor
November 5,2002

When President Bush challenged the United Nations to enforce its own resolutions or face
becoming "irrelevant" in his September 12 speech to the General Assembly, the focus of his
warning was Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

But the United Nations is also grappling with another, less publicized effort to play a
relevant role in the broader international war on terrorism. An escalation of terrorist attacks
aimed at international targets has underscored the need for greater international cooperation
to combat terrorism, leading some to suggest the world may need a permanent
counterterrorism agency.

But others are asking if the UN is suited to that role. To date, the organization has been
more successful dealing with issues such as poverty, health issues, or environmental
degradation. Now, just as President Bush warns that the UN risks becoming a weakling
reminiscent of the failed League of Nations if it backs down from acting on Iraq, officials at
the international body in New York say terrorism presents a basic challenge: Can the UN
take on more than "soft" international issues?

"Terrorism raises serious questions about whether the United Nations can deal with the
sharpest ends of the world's peace and security," says Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the British
ambassador to the UN, and chairman of the UN's year-old Counterterrorism Committee
(CTC). "It's not a question of the overall relevance of the United Nations, but of whether it
can make a difference on the most difficult issues - like terrorism."

An advisory committee

The CTC was created by the UN Security Council in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. In its
first year of work, the committee has played an advisory role to countries looking to stiffen
laws that fight terrorism by regulating financial flows or improving border controls. And the
effort is getting high marks from the United States, despite some initial skepticism over
what a UN committee could accomplish.

"If you're a country that wants to tighten laws and clamp down on the banking and financial
systems ... the CTC will point you in the right direction," says one US official. "They're
doing some very good work."

So far, the UN only reviews countries' periodic reports on their counterterrorism advances
and advises on possible improvements. It has no judgmental or sanctioning role for

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UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

September 28, 2001

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its resolutions 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999 and 1368 (2001) of 12 September 2001,

Reaffirming also its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks which took place in New York,
Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on 11 September 2001, and expressing its determination to prevent all
such acts,

Reaffirming furtherthat such acts, like any act of international terrorism, constitute a threat to international
peace and security,

Reaffirming the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence as recognized by the Charter of the United
Nations as reiterated in resolution 1368 (2001),

Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, threats to
international peace and security caused by terrorist acts,

Deeply concerned by the increase, in various regions of the world, of acts of terrorism motivated by intolerance
or extremism,

Calling on States to work together urgently to prevent and suppress terrorist acts, including through increased
cooperation and full implementation of the relevant international conventions relating to terrorism,

Recognizing the need for States to complement international cooperation by taking additional measures to
prevent and suppress, in their territories through all lawful means, the financing and preparation of any acts of
terrorism,

Reaffirming the principle established by the General Assembly in its declaration of October 1970 (resolution
2625 (XXV)) and reiterated by the Security Council in its resolution 1189 (1998) of 13 August 1998, namely that
every State has the duty to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts in
another State or acquiescing in organized activities within its territory directed towards the commission of such
acts,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Dec/ctesthat all States shall:

(a) Prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts;

(b) Criminalize the wilful provision or collection, by any means, directly or indirectly, of funds by their nationals
or in their territories with the intention that the funds should be used, or in the knowledge that they are to be
used, in order to carry out terrorist acts;

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 United Nations >/RES/1373 (2001)

Security Council Distr.: General

28 September 2001

Resolution 1373 (2001)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 4385th meeting, on

28 September 2001
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999 and 1368 (2001) of
12 September 2001,
Reaffirming also its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks which
took place in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania on 11 September 2001,
and expressing its determination to prevent all such acts,
Reaffirming further that such acts, like any act of international terrorism,
constitute a threat to international peace and security,
Reaffirming the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence as
recognized by the Charter of the United Nations as reiterated in resolution 1368
(2001),
Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of
the United Nations, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist
acts,
Deeply concerned by the increase, in various regions of the world, of acts of
terrorism motivated by intolerance or extremism,
Calling on States to work together urgently to prevent and suppress terrorist
acts, including through increased cooperation and full implementation of the
relevant international conventions relating to terrorism,
Recognizing the need for States to complement international cooperation by
taking additional measures to prevent and suppress, in their territories through all
lawful means, the financing and preparation of any acts of terrorism,
Reaffirming the principle established by the General Assembly in its
declaration of October 1970 (resolution 2625 (XXV)) and reiterated by the Security
Council in its resolution 1189 (1998) of 13 August 1998, namely that every State
has the duty to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in
terrorist acts in another State or acquiescing in organized activities within its
territory directed towards the commission of such acts,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

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