70 Measures to eliminate international terrorism In 2009, the United Nations strengthened its efforts to combat and eliminate international terrorism. The General Assembly, having considered the SecretaryGeneral’s report [A/64/161 & Add.1] on measures to eliminate international terrorism, the report of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 [A/64/37] and the oral report at the Assembly’s sixty-fourth session [A/C.6/64/SR.14] of the Chairperson of the Working Group established by the Sixth (Legal) Committee, requested, by its resolution 64/118 of 16 December (see p. 1309), that the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (unodc) continue enhancing UN capabilities in preventing terrorism. It recognized, in the context of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy [YUN 2006, p. 66] and Security Council resolution 1373(2001) [YUN 2001, p. 61], the Branch’s role in assisting States in becoming parties to and implementing the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism and in strengthening international cooperation mechanisms in criminal matters related to terrorism. In resolution 64/38 of 2 December on measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (see p. 522), the Assembly urged Member States to strengthen measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring such weapons, their means of delivery, and materials and technologies related to their manufacture. In resolution 64/177 of 18 December (see p. 1100), on technical assistance for implementing the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism, the Assembly urged Member States to strengthen international cooperation in order to prevent and combat terrorism, including by entering into bilateral and multilateral treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance. Communications. During 2009, communications related to terrorism were submitted by Cuba [A /64/534-S/2009/593] , Iran [A /63/695-S/2009/53, A/64/481] and the Republic of Korea [A/63/811S/2009/179]. On 19 February [A/63/739-S/2009/114], New Zealand, on behalf of members of the Pacific Islands Forum based in New York, transmitted the conclusions of the regional consultation workshop on measures for the legislative implementation of the legal regime against terrorism in the Pacific region and related technical assistance delivery (Suva, Fiji, 2–3 June 2008). On 4 May [A/63/844-S/2009/237], Kenya transmitted the outcome document of the subregional workshop on the preparation of responses to the Security Council
Part One: Political and security questions Committees dealing with counter-terrorism (Nairobi, 11–13 November 2008), hosted by Kenya and organized by the Terrorism Prevention Branch of unodc, in cooperation with the experts of the Committees. Counter-Terrorism Committee In 2009, the Committee established pursuant to Council resolution 1373(2001), known as the CounterTerrorism Committee (ctc), held 18 formal meetings and 5 informal meetings. The ctc Chairman submitted on 3 February and 27 July its work programmes for the periods from 1 January to 30 June [S/2009/71] and 1 July to 31 December [S/2009/389]. Ctc was assisted in its work by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (cted). On 5 October [S/2009/506], the Security Council announced that it had elected Ranko Vilović (Croatia) as Chairman of ctc for the period ending 31 December. On 11 December [S/2009/655], the SecretaryGeneral informed the Security Council of his intention to extend the appointment of Mike Smith (Australia) as cted Executive Director until 31 December 2010. On 16 December [S/2009/656], the Council took note of that intention. Report of CTC Acting Chairman (May). Reporting to the Security Council on 26 May [meeting 6128], the ctc Acting Chairman said that stocktaking had allowed ctc to enhance its regular dialogue with Member States and identify areas where the implementation of resolution 1373(2001) was still inadequate. The Committee had continued to organize visits to Member States as a fundamental component of its activities for the effective monitoring of the implementation of resolution 1373(2001). Along with comprehensive visits, cted’s revised organizational plan envisaged a more flexible approach by allowing shorter visits focused on one or two aspects of the concerned State’s counter-terrorism regime. The plan also laid out the basis for regional visits and for missions that would examine examples of good practice, as well as vulnerabilities. The Executive Directorate had compiled a technical guide to the implementation of resolution 1373(2001), covering such areas as terrorist financing; border security, arms trafficking and law enforcement; general legal issues, including legislation, extradition, and mutual legal assistance; and human rights aspects of counter-terrorism in the context of resolution 1373(2001). Interim review (June). Pursuant to resolution 1805(2008) [YUN 2008, p. 71], by which the Security Council had decided to conduct an interim review of cted, the ctc Acting Chairman, in June, submitted a report [S/2009/289] prepared for that review. The report concluded that the Executive Directorate had