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Much
of this recommendation tracked closely with the recommendation of
Interpol during the conference that the international community find
ways to exchange data on terrorists and terrorist groups in as much
detail as possible, and in a form that would allow nations to work
together in tracking terrorist movements as immediately as possible
and to intercept terrorist movements and actions; that nations
exchange standardized data on lost or forged travel documents, and
that they develop data bases that can be quickly searched on a
common basis. A number of delegations proposed that regional centers
are needed as well as an international center, and that a network of
regional centers – a virtual center -- connected through secure
communications would best meet this need. Other delegations raised
the need to exchange training methods, technologie, ways to
organize, share information on suitable legislation and regulation,
ways of enhancing law enforcement and security activity while
preserving human rights and the rule of law, and ways to implement
UN and international conventions, and share. Finally, some
delegations suggested using such a center to exchange ways to make
educators and the media familiar with the threat and the need to
fight it.
All
of these ideas are valuable, and we greatly appreciate the detailed
comments and recommendations that delegations provided during and
since the Conference. As a result,
Defining
the Role of a Center
Combating
terrorism is a collective responsibility that requires the highest
levels of cooperation and coordination among states and complete
readiness to exchange real time intelligence and security data as
fast as possible among relevant agencies through secure means. An
international center or agency should be created in coordination
with the UN to develop mechanisms for the exchange of information
and expertise between states in the area of fighting terrorism and
to connect national counterterrorism agencies through a database
that allows rapid updating and exchanging of relevant information.
It should create common and secure ways to voluntarily exchange data
on terrorists and terrorist groups in as much detail as possible,
and in a form that supports a cooperative effort to track terrorist
movements as immediately as possible and to help intercept terrorist
movements and actions, and to facilitate the exchange of
standardized data on lost or forged travel documents, and develop
data bases that can be quickly searched on a common basis, including
ergonomic data. It should work with regional and other international
centers, and create a network of such centers – a “virtual” center--
connected through secure communications. The center should exchange
of information on ways to improve the methods, training, laws and
other activities that improve national capabilities. It should
facilitate the exchange of training methods, techniques to fight
terrorism, ways to organize, technologies, suitable legislation and
regulation, ways of enhancing law enforcement and security activity
while preserving human rights and the rule of law. It can serve as a
basis for international dialogue on the need for tolerance and avoid
characterizing religions, races, ethnic groups, and cultures as
“terrorists,” when the real issue is a small minority of violent
extremists. The center should also facilitate the sharing of data on
how to defend against terrorist attacks and respond to them, and
particularly to the threat of acts of biological or nuclear
terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, information
technology, and critical infrastructure. Such a center can be used
to exchange ways to make educators and the media familiar with the
threat posed by violent terrorism and extremism and the need to
fight it without suppressing freedoms of speech but to ensure that
terrorists cannot spread hatred and incitement to violence.
Five
Major Areas of Operation
Key
Criteria for Creating a Center
1.
The
center should be established under the principles of UN and its
relevant resolutions and committees
2.
Membership
should be on voluntary basis, starting with the participants of
this.
3.
The
center should respect national sovereignty and the independence of
national security assets of its member states.
4.
The
center should link national and regional counterterrorism centers
through a secure database that would allow rapid updating and
exchange of relevant information. (Similar to the sharing of
financial data by the Egmont Group). center should establish
secure means to exchange data on urgent basis especially to track
down terrorists networks and movements and on lost or forged travel
documents.
5.
The
center should facilitate the voluntary exchange and transfer of high
technologies that are vital to counterterrorism operations of its
member states, as well as to securing nations against terrorist
movements and activities, and emergency response against terrorist
attacks. The center should facilitate the sharing and adoption of
suitable laws and procedures, and of ways to make educators, the
media, and the general public aware of the dangers of terrorism and
the necessity of fighting it and not allowing it to spread its
incitements.
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