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International Response: U.N. Resolution Has Received Substantial Support In the nine months since a U.N. anti-terrorism resolution was adopted, 160 countries have reported to the United Nations measures they have taken to reduce support, financing and provision of sanctuary to terrorists, Associated Press reported today (see GSN, May 23). The U.N. resolution, adopted shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, has jump-started national, regional and international action to combat terrorism, British U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock told the Security Council yesterday. “To have gotten 160 member states to have responded is actually, I think, remarkable in the U.N. system,” Greenstock said. “But we will not rest until we have gotten those [remaining] 29 reports” (Associated Press/Ha’aretz, June 28). States that have not yet filed the reports have not done so because they are unfamiliar with how to implement anti-terrorism measures, Greenstock said. “It’s a lack of familiarity with the subject that is causing the problem, not an unwillingness to respond,” he said. “They need the help of experts, they need the help of their regional groups, perhaps, to cover the gaps” (U.S. State Department release, June 27). The Security Council committee in charge of overseeing the resolution has reviewed the reports of 127 countries so far with the aid of outside experts, according to AP. A second round of notifications will soon be sent outlining the gaps identified and recommendations on how to better implement the resolution, Greenstock said. The Security Council committee “does not intend to declare any member state 100 percent compliant” with the resolution because the threat of terrorism is constantly changing and “we believe that there may always be further work to do,” Greenstock said (AP/Ha’aretz).
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