Country Reports on Terrorism 2012

Terrorism Strategy and, more broadly, to complement and reinforce existing multilateral
counterterrorism efforts, starting with those of the UN.
The United Nations (UN). Sustained and strategic engagement at the UN on counterterrorism
issues is a priority for the United States. In 2012, the UNSC addressed critical international
security matters, including the adoption of three resolutions that concerned the conflict in Mali.
These included UNSCR 2056, which expressed the Council’s full support for the joint efforts of
the Economic Community of West African States, the AU, and the transitional authorities in
Mali trying to re-establish constitutionality and territorial integrity; and UNSCR 2071, which
expressed the Council’s readiness to respond positively to a request from Mali regarding an
intervention force to assist the Malian armed forces reclaim the northern half of the country,
pending a report from the UN Secretary-General. In addition, the United States engaged with a
wide range of UN actors on counterterrorism in 2012. These included:
The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). The Committee monitors global
counterterrorism efforts following the guidance of UNSCRs 1373 and 1624. Its group of
experts, the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), assists the
Committee in its work and is well-suited to bring together experts and officials to identify
practical solutions to common counterterrorism challenges. In 2012, the CTC focused on
outreach and terrorist finance; it organized a workshop on terrorist financing that called
attention to the revised Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force. The
Committee also highlighted the challenges in implementing counterterrorism measures
for effective cross-border control of small arms and light weapons and the role of central
authorities in enhancing counterterrorism collaboration. The CTC and CTED maintained
an ongoing dialogue with member states, donors, and beneficiaries regarding the
implementation of technical assistance for capacity-building at the national and subregional
levels. Additionally, CTED launched a global initiative aimed at helping
member states set up effective mechanisms to freeze terrorist assets in accordance with
their obligations under UNSCR 1373 and held a variety of workshops in South Asia,
Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Sahel, East Africa, and Southeast Europe that brought
together relevant practitioners to address issues such as border security, countering
terrorist financing, the investigation and prosecution of terrorist cases, and countering
violent extremism. The United States continued to support an initiative that brought
together senior prosecutors from across the globe with experience in handling highprofile
terrorism cases. The United States also financed training for judges in South Asia.
The UNSC 1267/1989 Committee. For over 10 years, the sanctions regime established
by UNSCR 1267/1989 and its successor resolutions – most recently UNSCR 2083 of
December 2012 – has been instrumental in ensuring effective multilateral cooperation in
global counterterrorism efforts, particularly the threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its
affiliates. Subsequent modifications to the 1267/1989 regime have strengthened and
improved its fairness and transparency, including the establishment of the office of an
independent Ombudsperson. Important efforts are also under way to strengthen member
states’ implementation of 1267/1989 sanctions and improve its overall effectiveness. As
such, the 1267/1989 Committee added 13 new individuals and two new entities to its
Consolidated List in 2012. The Committee also worked to ensure the integrity of the list
by endeavoring to remove those individuals and entities that no longer meet the criteria
for listing. To date, 150 individuals and entities have been delisted and additional
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