09Feb2005 Counter Terrorism Working Group Recommendations

Riyadh, 9 Feb 2005

1- Supporting for the call of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in favor of the creation of an international center for combating terrorism which will undertake, among other things, to develop a mechanism for exchanging information and expertise between states in the field of combating terrorism, and for linking the national centers for combating terrorism with a database which enables the fastest updating of possible information considering that the fight against terrorism is a collective effort requiring maximum cooperation and coordination among states and full readiness to exchange security information and intelligence instantly between specialized organs through secure equipment.

2- Encouraging states to set up national centers specialized in combating terrorism, and calling on them to create similar centers on the regional level to facilitate intelligence sharing, exchange of real time operational information developing mechanisms and technologies for data collection and analysis to thwart the preparation of terrorist operations and undermine the networks of recruitment, training, support and financing of terrorists, and coordination between relevant international bodies and other regional centers.

3- Inviting Interpol to consider how it could most effectively reinforce its extensive existing work against terrorism and calling on all member of Interpol to contribute promptly and actively to the maintenance of an up-to-date list of wanted terrorists.

4- Encouraging states to adopt national legislation and procedures capable of preventing terrorist from utilizing asylum and immigration law to reach safe havens or to use states' territories as bases for recruitment , training, planning, instigation, and for the launching of terrorist operations against other states.

5- Establishing, whenever appropriate, task forces to fight terrorism that would be composed of elements from law enforcement agencies and security forces and training them to deal with terrorist networks.

6- Developing domestic laws on fighting terrorism by criminalizing all terrorist acts including financing of terrorist activities.

7- Supporting and assisting developing countries in establishing early-warning mechanisms, management of crises and improve capabilities of those dealing with crises and situation of terror.

8- Increasing interaction with the media to enhance people's awareness as to the dangers of terrorism and so that the media would not be used or manipulated by the terrorists.

9- Strengthening relations with non-government organizations to ensure an effective contribution to information-sharing relating to the fight against terrorism.

10- Supporting and contributing to the Interpol data base in respect to lost passports and other travel documents whereby it will be possible to identify the place and numbers of those passport in order to reduce the movements of the tourists, and encouraging adopting of high technology-related international criteria through international cooperation and technical assistance as may be necessary to prevent forging passports and using them by terrorist groups to travel from one country to another.

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