Symposium on Advancing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Symposium on Advancing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel.: (+43-1) 26060-0, Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org Symposium on Advancing the Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy held at the Vienna International Centre Austria 17-18 May 2007 Printed in Austria V.07-85692—September 2007 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna Symposium on Advancing the Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy held at the Vienna International Centre Austria 17-18 May 2007 UNITED NATIONS New York, 2007 This document includes the statements and remarks delivered during the Symposium, that were sent to the Terrorism Prevention Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Secretariat. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city of area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This document has not been formally edited. Foreword by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General United Nations Terrorism is one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that we face in this century. No nation can consider itself immune from its dangers, and no society can remain disengaged from efforts to combat it. The General Assembly’s adoption last year of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy was a breakthrough in international initiatives to address this menace. The Strategy represents an unprecedented consensus on a basic framework for collective action; for the very first time, all United Nations Member States agreed on a set of concrete measures to prevent and combat terrorism. We are now tasked with translating these commitments into action. Member States need to expeditiously pursue all aspects of the Strategy. As they do so, the United Nations stands ready to offer its assistance. I urge Governments to take full advantage of the counter-terrorism resources and expertise available to them through the United Nations system. The Strategy and its implementation need to be widely publicised and promoted. The Symposium on Advancing the Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy, held in Vienna on 17-18 May 2007, made an important contribution to this effort. I thank the Government of Austria for initiating and hosting the Symposium, together with my Executive Office, which chairs the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, and with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The publication of the Symposium’s proceedings will help to advance the discourse, and enable its insights to be shared among a broad range of individuals, institutions and Governments. The range of views contained in this document, as well as the richness of the discussion, can help build momentum towards transforming the Strategy into concrete results on the ground. iii Contents Foreword by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations iii Introduction ix Opening Statement by H.E. Ms. Maria Berger, Minister of Justice of Austria xi Opening Statement by Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime xiii Opening Statement by Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force xvii Theme 1: The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: An integrated approach in addressing terrorism KEYNOTE ADDRESS By H.E. Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica 3 StatemenTS By H.E. Mr. Guoqiang Tang, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, Vienna 6 By H.E. Mr. Liviu Aurelian Bota, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations, Vienna 8 By H.E. Mr. Eugenio Curia, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, Vienna 10 By H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, New York 12 By H.E. Mr. Rytis Paulauskas, Head of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 14 By Mr. Vladimir Rushaylo, Executive Secretary, Representative of the Commonwealth of Independent States 18 By Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 21 By Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 22 REMARKS BY OTHER participants 24 Theme 2: Implementing measures to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism KEYNOTE ADDRESS By H.E. Mr. Baki Ilkin, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, New York 31 StatemenTS By H.E. Mr. Klaus-Peter Gottwald, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, Vienna, on behalf of the European Union 37 By H.E. Mr. Peter Shannon, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, Vienna 39 v vi Symposium: Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy By H.E. Mr. Omar Zniber, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Vienna 41 By Mr. Ángel Lossada Torres-Quevedo, Director General, International Affairs of Terrorism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain 43 By Mr. Jon Erik Strömö, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway 46 By Mr. Roberto Lamponi, Director of Legal Cooperation Directorate, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe 47 By Mr. Vladimir Goryayev, Deputy Director of Asia and the Pacific Division, Representative of the Department of Political Affairs in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 49 By Ms. Ann Belinda Preis, Senior Programme Planning Officer, Bureau of Strategic Planning, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 51 By Mr. Andrew Carpenter, Chief of the Strategic Policy and Development Section, Police Division, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Representative of the Department of Peacekeeping Operation in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 54 By Mr. Francesco Cappé, Coordinator, Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism Unit Representative of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 56 By Ms. Yael Danieli, Past President, Senior Representative to the United Nations International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 58 REMARKS BY OTHER participants 61 Theme 3: Enhancing measures to prevent and combat terrorism KEYNOTE ADDRESS By Mr. Ashraf Mohsen, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Counter-Terrorism of the Arab Republic of Egypt 69 StatemenTS By H.E. Mr. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, Vienna 73 By H.E. Ms. Norma Goicochea Estenoz, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Vienna 75 By H.E. Mr. Triyono Wibowo, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, Vienna, on behalf of the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations Counter-Terrorism Group 78 By Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Advocate-General, Belgian Representative of EUROJUST Chair of the Terrorism Team 80 By Sir David Veness, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Representative of DSS in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 82 By Mr. Richard Barrett, Coordinator, Representative of 1267 Monitoring Team in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 83 By Mr. Ulrich Kersten, Special Representative of INTERPOL to the United Nations Representative of INTERPOL to the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 85 By Mr. Krzysztof Paturej, Director, Office of Special Projects, Representative of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 88 By Mr. Hartmut Hesse, Senior Deputy Director, Representative of the International Maritime Organization in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 90 By Ms. Marla Weinstein, Legal Adviser, Representative of the International Civil Aviation Organization in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force 92 Contents vii By Mr. Nadim Kyriakos-Saad, Senior Counsel, Representative of the International Monetary Fund 94 By Mr. Jeffrey Avina, Director, Division for Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 98 By H.E. Ms. Taous Feroukhi, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Vienna 100 REMARKS BY OTHER participants 102 Theme 4: Increasing States’ capacity to prevent and combat terrorism and strengthening the role of the United Nations system: Lessons learned from UNODC’s technical assistance delivery KEYNOTE ADDRESS By H.E. Ms. Margrethe Løj, Ambassador of Denmark to the Czech Republic (former