Agenda: Technical consultations of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate on “Enhancing International Cooperation in Countering Terrorism” United Nations Headquarters, New York, 20 and 21 June 2017
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In its resolution 1373 (2001), the Security Council decides that all States shall “deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support or commit terrorist acts, or provide safe havens”.1 The resolution also calls upon States to take appropriate measures, in conformity with the relevant provisions of national and international law, “before granting refugee status, for the purpose of ensuring that the asylum-seeker has not planned, facilitated or participated in the commission of terrorist acts,”2 as well as to ensure that refugee status “is not abused by the perpetrators, organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts, and that claims of political motivation are not recognized as grounds for refusing requests for the extradition of alleged terrorists”.
In its efforts to combat the global terrorist threat, the international community has prioritized the development of mechanisms to prevent terrorist organizations, particularly the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), from accessing the funds and other assets needed to finance their operations and recruitment activities.