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US Rams Through a Terrorism Resolution at UN Sec. Cncl
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[We look forward to the UN's action against the United States'
support for terrorists in Miami against Cuba. We wonder how the
UN will look on John Negroponte's credentials as UN Ambassador of
the US, given his history of supporting and promoting terrorism
in Central America. ]
Saturday September 29 2:51 AM ET (via yahoo)
UN OKs Resolution Against Terrorism
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Acting with unusual speed, the U.N. Security
Council has approved a sweeping resolution sponsored by the United
States requiring all 189 U.N.-member nations to deny money, support
and sanctuary to terrorists.
The legally binding resolution adopted unanimously Friday night is a
significant international response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.
U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte called it "an unprecedented
resolution against terrorism in the work of the United Nations."
France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, the current council
president, called it "historic" and said it showed the essential role
of the United Nations in building a global coalition to fight
terrorism.
The resolution was introduced and approved by the frequently plodding
Security Council in just over 24 hours, a pace that reflects
Washington's wide support as it leads a global campaign to pursue
those responsible for the attacks, and any nation that harbors them.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock said speed was essential
because, "there is now, today, a very real threat to international
peace and security."
The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution immediately
after the attacks, declaring them a threat to international peace and
security and affirming the United States' right to "individual or
collective self-defense."
The resolution adopted Friday goes further, demanding action by all
nations and allowing the council to take measures to restore
international peace and security.
It also marked the first time that the council approved a resolution
dealing with a conflict without naming "a single country, society, or
group of people," said Colombia's U.N. Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso,
an elected council member.
Under the resolution, all countries must make the "willful" financing
of terrorism a criminal offense, immediately freeze terrorist-related
funds and prevent movement of individuals and groups suspected of
having terrorist connections. Nations must deny terrorists any "safe
haven."
Additionally, nations must speed the exchange of "operational
information," especially regarding the actions and movements of
terrorists.
While the resolution stops short of threatening sanctions against
countries that fail to abide by the anti-terrorism measures, it does
express the council's determination "to take all necessary steps to
ensure the full implementation."
To ensure that all countries adopt the strongly worded measure, the
council created a committee to monitor their efforts.
Negroponte said the United States plans to "work hard on
implementation."
Since 1963, the General Assembly has adopted a dozen legal
instruments to fight terrorism. But only five have been ratified by
more than 100 countries and the newest - to cut off the financing of
terrorism - hasn't taken effect because it has not been ratified by
enough countries.
Diplomats said the Security Council resolution incorporated key
elements from the dozen legal instruments, which means they are now
legally binding on all countries, whether the protocols and
conventions have been ratified or not.
Some countries, particularly from the Middle East, expressed concern
privately that the council had usurped power from the General
Assembly.
But Greenstock said it would take months for U.N. members to ratify
the measure and the General Assembly to approve a comprehensive
resolution; international action was needed immediately, he said.
The resolution deliberately does not include a definition of
"terrorism" because members have not been able to agree on one.
Greenstock said there may be differences about who is and isn't a
terrorist. But "for most of the time, if something looks like a
terrorist and makes a noise like a terrorist, it's a terrorist - and
we now know what to do about it in terms of what we set out in this
resolution."
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