 International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Concludes, Issues Proposals for Improving UN Counter-Terrorism Efforts
24 July 2008 | New York, NY
The International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, which was was co-sponsored by the governments of Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Turkey, in cooperation with the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, concluded today with the issuance of the process' final document, which enumerates a series of proposals for strengthening the UN counterterrorism program and implementation of the UN's 2006 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
The International Process included five workshops over the past seven months, and involved more than 45 countries and dozens of experts from the UN and other intergovernmental bodies, and civil society. The focus has been on how to make the UN institutions more relevant to national and regional efforts in addressing terrorist threats and better able to support implementation of the Strategy.
During the process it was recognized that the UN Strategy is a key political achievement that should be built upon and that, although states have the primary responsibility for its implementation, the UN can play an important role in reinforcing these national efforts.
The final document reflects those proposals which the co-sponsors believe would merit closest consideration by the wider UN membership, including during the 4 September 2008 General Assembly review of the Strategy and beyond.
Summaries of the meetings of the International Process as well as key documents including the final document appear below. |
