The Counter Terrorism Committee

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The Counter Terrorism Committee - CTC was established by Security Council Resolution 1373 after the September 11th attacks. It consists of all 15 members of the Security Council, is responsible for ensuring that all States follow the resolution, and also works to increase the capacity of States to fight terrorism. 

According to Resolution 1373, States must deny all forms of financial support for terrorist groups, prevent the terrorists from acquiring safe havens or subsistence, cooperate with governments in the apprehension of terrorists, create domestic laws that criminalize terrorism and participate in the relevant anti-terrorism conventions.   

All States that comply with the CTC are obliged to report to the Committee about their implementation of the resolution. 

Documentation

The official web site of the Counter-Terrorism Committee provides information about the mandate and structure of the Committee with links to full text documents and reports. Under the section Laws international counter-terrorism legal instruments can be accessed with links to fulltext and ratifications.

Databases and Indexes

Individual documents can be retrieved through the United Nations Official Document System - ODS.

References to documents linking to full text for recent years can be accessed through the UN library online catalogue - 
UNBISnet


Printed Indexes

References to the documents from the Counter Terrorism Committees are published in the United Nations Documents Index. A complete collection is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
 
References to important documents are published in the Yearbook of the United Nations. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.

Text: Gunnel Torén | Dag Hammarskjöld Library | Latest update: 11/05/2012