Ambassador Greenstock (Chairman, Counter-Terrorism Committee) briefed interested Member States on 11 January on the work of the CTC. He introduced the CTC's six appointed experts: Ms Heidi Broekhuis (The Netherlands), Dr Walter Gehr (Austria), Colonel Benedicto Jimenez Bacca (Peru), Mr M R Sivaraman (India), Mr Joel Sollier (France) and Mr Jeremy Wainwright (Australia). Ambassador Greenstock said that the CTC had finalised the work programme for its second 90-day period and this would be circulated to Member States the following week. The first review of reports would begin during the week commencing 21 January. 119 reports had been received from Member States; and the three Sub-Committees would review 5 reports each a week over the coming months.

The experts would first read the reports and make recommendations to the Sub-Committees on follow-up in the form of a draft letter from the CTC Chairman to the State concerned. The objective of the first review would be to identify whether there was a need for follow-up or assistance to meet the requirements of 1373. The Sub-Committees would then hold discussions with the experts to consider the draft letter which would finally be submitted to the CTC for agreement. Member States would be invited for a brief discussion with the Sub-Committee.

Ambassador Greenstock said that the list of Contact Points would be updated by the end of January. Member States with the capacity to assist others with the implementation of resolution 1373 were encouraged to provide details of assistance programmes and other sources of expertise for the directory of assistance. The CTC would compile this directory by the end of February.

The CTC had received briefings from Barry Johnston (IMF) and Marjorie Waxman (World Bank) on the activities of the IMF and World Bank in the area of counter-terrorism. The CTC would continue to coordinate and liaise with the IMF, World Bank, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other international institutions on terrorism.

Ambassador Greenstock said he had written to the Secretary-General on the possibility of establishing a Trust Fund for financial assistance to Member States implementing 1373.

The CTC had also been briefed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. The CTC was clear that it should continue to liaise with OHCHR and be aware of human rights issues as it worked through the reports received from States. But there had been agreement that the CTC should remain focused on the mandate set by resolution 1373 to monitor implementation of that resolution. The CTC's experts had been asked to bring to the Committee's attention any concerns over human rights. But the obligation was on UN Member States to ensure adherence to human rights law and conventions when they implemented resolution 1373.