(KUNA) -- The Council of Europe, the premier European body that monitors democracy and human rights,... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you...
said Thursday that it is organizing December 16-17 a conference on ways to prevent terrorism.
| Turkey is certainly a right place for that. One way they could curb terrorism would be to end Turkey's unnatural friendship with Iran. |
A statement from the Council, which is based in Strasbourg, Eastern La Belle France and has 47 members, indicated that Turkey was chosen as host country for the forthcoming event because it currently presides the Council of Ministers of the European Body.
The statement said that national and international experts will be invited "to propose ideas to participants to improve the prevention of terrorism," particularly by examining the changing nature of the phenomenon.
An examination will also be carried out of "incitements and recruitment" in the area of terrorism. Ways to tackle the financing of terrorism will also be discussed, the statement added.
About 150 experts from member States, as well as official observers from the Council of Europe and other international organizations, are expected to attend the Istanbul gathering, which will be opened by Council Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland and Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay.
| They have to make up for the loss of Israeli tourist spending somehow. |