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Terror experts on weeklong visit to Tanzania
2006-02-15 07:48:20
By Guardian Reporter
Eleven anti-terrorism experts were due to arrive in Tanzania on Monday for a weeklong visit that is part of the UN Security Council’s programme to strengthen the ability of countries to fight terrorism.
The Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Javier Rupérez, is leading the team, according to reports reaching The Guardian from UN headquarters in New York.
Experts from Interpol, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Maritime Organisation, the African Union and the European Commission are participating in the visit, which mirrors similar missions undertaken previously.
The Tanzanian trip marks the first time that the delegation will also include an expert from the Security Council Committee on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, known as the 1267 Committee, as part of efforts by the Security Council’s subsidiary bodies to work in closer harmony.
The purpose of country visits is to assess how UN member states implement the obligations of the landmark Security Council measure, resolution 1373, which was adopted in 2001 in the wake of the terror attacks against the United States.
The teams also evaluate the nature and level of assistance that a particular country may need in order to fulfil those obligations.
Resolution 1373, which also established the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) to monitor compliance with its provisions, calls on countries to implement a number of measures to enhance their ability to counter terrorist activities nationally, regionally and globally.
The CTED began on-site meetings last year with its first country visit to Morocco in mid-March, followed by trips to Kenya, Albania, Thailand and Algeria.
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