-Caveat Lector- > Jun. 12, 2002 > > UN conference examines terror, delegates list evidence of UN's > anti-Israel bias > > By MELISSA RADLER > > UNITED NATIONS The international community's lack of consensus on the > > definition of terrorism, its reluctance to condemn the killing of > Israeli civilians as terrorism and its singling out the Jewish state > for > condemnation was examined this week at a conference sponsored by > B'nai > Brith International, held at the United Nations. > > The June 10 conference in New York, titled "Terrorism is terrorism is > > terrorism: Reflections on the meaning and nature of terror post > 9/11," > heard from UN diplomats, media and US government officials on the > various > means of addressing the threat of terrorism. > > Noting that attempts to define terrorism have been marred by member > states that consider the killing of Israeli civilians to be > legitimate > resistance and the actions of the IDF to be state terrorism, Dina > Siegel > Vann, the group's director for Latin American Affairs, called on > conference participants to define terror as the first step toward > eradicating it. > > "There needs to be a serious attempt to transcend linguistic and > cultural > barriers and speak with one voice on what has become the top issue > for > the survival of all societies who believe in the sanctity of human > life > and who cherish freedom," said Siegel Vann. > > With the UN located four kilometers away from the September 11 > attacks, > speakers noted that the 15-member Security Council effectively > outlawed > terrorism with resolution 1373, passed on September 28, 2001. The > resolution, which didn't define terrorism, obligates member states to > > cooperate in prosecuting and preventing terrorism. It also calls on > states to criminalize terrorism in domestic courts, prosecute anyone > involved in the planning or financing of terrorist activity, and to > deny > safe haven to those seeking refuge from the law. > > After its passage, member states were told to submit reports > detailing > their compliance, within 90 days, and 140 out of 189 nations have > done > so. The resolution also established a committee, made up of council > members, to monitor implementation of the resolution. > > Ambassador James Cunningham, the US mission's deputy representative, > added to the standard definition of terror, that, "the goal or the > cause > doesn't justify the means." Israel's ambassador, Yehuda Lancry, also > called for the definition of terror to be separated from its > intentions. > "A just and noble cause doesn't legitimate any means used to achieve > it," > he said. > > Other American speakers listed evidence of the UN's anti-Israel and > anti-American bias. Syria's seat on the Security Council, the ousting > of > the US last year from the UN's human rights commission while Sudan, > which > practices slavery, remained a member, and the UN's failure to halt > the > establishment of terrorist bases in UN-operated refugee camps in the > West > Bank were all cited as evidence of the body's failure. > > > http://www.jpost.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename==JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid= >23716463673
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