Statement by New York, February 21, 2006 Mr. President, I would like to express the appreciation of my delegation to you and the Security Council for convening this public meeting on the briefings by the Chairmen of the Subsidiary Bodies of the Security Council. Before I go further, tribute is also due to the three Committee Chairmen, as well as the Committee members and all the experts involved, for their dedication and hard work. Allow me also, at the very beginning, to reiterate my Government’s strong commitment to combating terrorism. We ourselves have been the unfortunate victims of acts of terrorism. But even before these tragic events, Indonesia had decided to put into effect various measures to combat this scourge, nationally, bilaterally, regionally, and internationally. The recent visit to Indonesia by the Chairman of the 1267 Committee, and his subsequent meetings with high-ranking officials in Jakarta, underlines the commitment of the Indonesian Government in this endeavor. The visit by the Chairman was fruitful not only to enhance collaboration and further strengthening international efforts in combating terrorism but also in sharing the experiences and in understanding the challenges being faced by Indonesia in implementing the sanctions. In this regard, Indonesia wishes to welcomes and support the determination of the Chair of the 1267 Committee of the need to continuously improve the quality of the Consolidated List. In our view, adding the missing identifier for many of the individual names, would greatly assist countries in their effort to apprehend such individuals. We believe that problems arising from the incompleteness of background information on individuals can be resolved through adding more information to the list. In this case, the countries that submitted particular names to the list should be able to give more information or share such information with other countries so they can all focus their efforts on pursuing all the persons listed. Permit me now, Mr. President, to turn to the Counter Terrorism Committee work program for the eighteen 90-day period, which covers the period from January to March 2006. Indonesia welcomes and supports this work program. In our view, it will enhance the effectiveness of existing counter-terrorism measures. Let me add, in this connection, that Indonesia supports all measures intended to enhance the counter-terrorism capabilities of states requesting aid. We hope that such aid will be made readily available. On the particular issue of state visits, while Indonesia recognizes its importance in monitoring the implementation of resolution 1373, as well as in identifying areas needing technical assistance, we are of the view that the planning of such visits should be coordinated with the 1267 Committee and Monitoring Team for reasons of efficiency and effectiveness and to avoid the possibility of creating “visit fatigue” in particular countries. With regard to operative paragraph 4 of resolution 1540, Indonesia submitted its report in October 2004. In addition, we submitted further information in November 2005, in compliance with the request of the 1540 Committee. Let me hereby acknowledge the hard work of the 1540 Committee. We look forward to the fullest possible cooperation with it, and assistance in implementing resolution 1540. In this connection, we note that the mandate of the 1540 Committee will be completed this April. We have no difficulties with an extension to the mandate, as long as the scope and modalities are clearly defined and do not go beyond the provisions of resolution 1540. Along with that, however, we should try to explore the possibility of formulating a comprehensive and multilaterally negotiated legal instrument to address, in all its aspects and on a permanent basis, the specific questions related to preventing the acquisition of WMD’s by non-state actors. Mr. President, Allow me to provide an update on Indonesia’s continuing efforts to combat international terrorism. On 9 November 2005, in the effort to apprehend Dr. Azhari and Noordin M. Top, being the prime suspects of many terrorist bombings in Indonesia, our counter terrorism police, following received information, tracked Dr. Azhari to Malang in East Java. Unfortunately, he was killed. It is our hope that the elimination of Dr. Azhari as one of the masterminds of those terrorist bombings in Indonesia will weaken the capacity of his group to launch further attacks in the country. In addition, I am happy to inform the Council that since its establishment in July 2004, the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) has held various training courses to enhance the capacity of law enforcement officers in the Asia-Pacific region to cope with transnational crimes, including terrorism. In 2006, the Centre will hold more training courses including a Coastal Patrol Seminar, to be sponsored by Italy; a Critical Incident Management, to be sponsored by France; a Major Investigations Management Workshop, as well as Islamic Law and Politics in Asia. Finally, I would like to stress Indonesia’s conviction that terrorism is a problem affecting all nations and that we can best fight and vanquish this menace through a multi-dimensional and multilateral approach based on international law and respect for human rights and characterized by international cooperation, collaboration, and a spirit of dialog among all states, civilizations and religions. Indonesia is one such party, and as we have said in the past, we stand ready to take every measure necessary, and to work with other states and organizations to ensure that terrorism runs out of room to hide, and that it is defeated. I thank you Mr. President.
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