40 Speakers Participate in Counter-Terrorism Committee to Develop Long-Term Strategy to Defeat Terror

The Council's aim is to raise the average level of government performance against terrorism across the globe. This means upgrading the capacity of each nation's legislation and executive machinery to fight terrorism. Every government, therefore, is responsible for ensuring that there was no weak part of the chain.
Resolution 1373 (2001) is a wide-ranging and comprehensive resolution to combat international terrorism, which was unanimously adopted on 28 September in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the United States. A Council Committee was also established to monitor the resolution's implementation, and all States were called on to report on actions they had taken to that end no later than 90 days from the resolution's adoption date.]
Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore) said peacekeeping operations were the heart and soul of the work of the Security Council and the only activity for which it had a unique mandate. However, the 11 September events had brought new responsibilities to the Council's work. Traditional definitions of threats to international peace and security no longer held. As a subsidiary, organ of the Council, the Counter-terrorism Committee was unique.