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UNSC leaders to meet on preventing incitement to terrorism and conflict
UNITED NATIONS - Leaders of the 15 countries on the powerful UN Security Council will meet during this month’s UN summit to put a spotlight on the need to stop inciting terrorism and to prevent conflicts, especially in Africa. The leaders will hold an hour-long open meeting on Sept. 14 on the subject “Threats to International Peace and Security” to consider draft resolutions on the two issues.

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will chair the meeting which will be attended by US President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao, and the leaders of Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Romania and Tanzania.

Britain circulated a draft resolution Thursday that calls on all governments to adopt laws that prohibit people from inciting anyone to commit terrorist acts - and to deny safe haven to anyone seriously considered to be guilty of such conduct. The proposed resolution also calls on all countries “to counter violent extremist ideologies, including steps to prevent the subversion of educational, cultural, and religious institutions by terrorists and their supporters.”
"There. That oughta do it. Lunch?"
A draft resolution circulated Friday by Algeria, Benin and Tanzania calls for greater UN efforts to prevent internal crises from spilling over into armed conflicts and to prevent conflicts that have been settled from reigniting. It stresses “the critical importance” of disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating ex-combatants and calls for strengthening the UN’s capacity to prevent conflict through a host of measures. They include promoting regional mediation and preventive diplomacy and regularly assessing developments in regions at risk of conflict.

The draft resolution puts special focus on Africa, calling for an effective partnership for peace and development between the Security Council and the 53-nation African Union. It also urges all African states to prohibit unconstitutional changes in government, to promote independent judicial systems, and to bring to justice the perpetrators of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

The more than 170 world leaders expected at the summit may also be asked to address both terrorism and conflict prevention in a final document. But the proposed 39-page draft is still under intense negotiations, and serious differences remain on virtually all key issues.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-09-03
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