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UN / TERROR SANCTIONS

US Ambassador Susan Rice says that the new measures on terror sanctions approved by the Security Council reflects a commitment by the international community to reject terrorism and deny terrorists access to the international financial system, while preventing their travel and acquisition of arms. UNTV

Duration:01:40Date:17 December 2009

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STORY: UN / TERROR SANCTIONS
TRT: 1.40
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY

SHOTLIST:

FILE – RECENT 2009, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, US Ambassador approaches microphone
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States, United Nations:
“We believe these measures can and should be used to greater effect globally against terrorist and their supporters and in particular against those hindering peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We urge member states to make every effort to use these sanctions to deter nefarious activities of listed individuals and organizations, their facilitators and supporters.”
4. Wide shot, Austrian Ambassador approaches microphone
5. Wide shot, cameraman
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Har, Permanent Representative:
“I would like to pay tribute to the United States as the main sponsor of this resolution and I think what we’ve seen today is the result of a new understanding of the relationship between the fight against terrorism and the rule of law. A new understanding that we’ve seen under the present U.S. administration. This is an important development.”
7. Wide shot, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Har leaves the microphone behind

STORYLINE:

The United Nations Security Council today authorized the creation of an ombudsperson to help deal with the question of removing individuals and entities from the list of those subject to sanctions in connection with Al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The Office of the Ombudsperson would function for an initial period of eighteen months and follows a report to the Council last month by Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting of Austria, chairman of the so-called 1267 (1999) Committee on sanctions against individuals and entities linked to the two groups. In the report, the Ambassador called for the sanctions regime to be updated to keep pace with the evolution of the threat.

In a unanimous resolution, acting under Chapter VII authorizing the use of force, the Council reaffirmed what was contained in previous resolutions, calling for immediately freezing of funds, other financial assets or economic resources of those linked to the groups, preventing their entry into or transit through Member States’ territories, and banning the direct or indirect supply of arms, related material and paramilitary equipment.

Following the meeting, United States Ambassador Susan Rice met journalists and said that the U.S. believed that the measures taken today by the security Council “can and should be used to greater effect globally against terrorist and their supporters and in particular against those hindering peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan”.

Rice also urged Member States to make every effort to use those sanctions to “deter nefarious activities of listed individuals and organizations, their facilitators and supporters.”

Austria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Ambassador Mayr-Harting also briefed journalists and took the opportunity to pay tribute to the United States as the main sponsor of the resolution and noted that what happened today at the council was the result “of a new understanding of the relationship between the fight against terrorism and the rule of law.”

In his presentation to the Council last month, Ambasador Mayr-Harting had said that UN efforts to combat terrorism should be up-to-date with the evolving threat through effective counter-measures such as sanctions and reinforced regional cooperation to prevent the smuggling of materials for weapons of mass destruction.

He had also stressed that his committee was at the time reviewing all entries to ensure that the sanctions list remained dynamic and accurately reflecting the current threat. As of then there were 504 entries.

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