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information among Member States through their Focal Points and facilitate the
provision of technical assistance, as well as the participation of the Centre in the
missions of the United Nations Counter‐Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to
monitor the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373(2001);
5.
Encourages the Commission to pursue and intensify its efforts, with particular
attention to capacity building for Member States, the strengthening of the ACSRT, in
particular its human resources, and the elaboration of an African arrest warrant for
persons charged with or convicted of any terrorist act. Council welcomes the planned
consultations of the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission with
Member States currently facing the threat of terrorism and with other stakeholders, to
identify practical measures through which the AU can better support their efforts. In this
respect, Council requests the Commission to convene, in the course of 2011, regional
conferences aimed at better assessing the threat of terrorism in the different regions of
the continent, further sensitizing Member States on the AU and international
instruments on terrorism, and articulating comprehensive regional action plans that
take into account all relevant aspects, including the nexus between development and
security;
6.
Requests the newly appointed Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
Commission for Counter‐Terrorism Cooperation and the Executive Secretariat of the
Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) to actively work
together, in the framework of AU efforts towards addressing the threat of Terrorism in
the continent;
7.
Calls on Member States that have not yet done so to urgently take the steps
required to become parties to the 1999 Convention and its 2004 Supplementary
Protocol, as well as to relevant international instruments, and to fully implement the
provisions contained therein. In this respect, Council stresses the importance of timely
exchange and sharing of information, the submission of annual reports to Council on
measures taken to combat and prevent terrorism, the notification to Council of all
terrorist activities in their territories as soon as they occur. Council also calls on the
Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution to fully play
the complementary role expected of them, in particular through timely exchange of
information with the ACSRT through their Focal Points;
8.
Reiterates AU’s strong rejection and condemnation of the payment of ransom to
terrorist groups and, in this respect, recalls the above‐mentioned decision
Assembly/AU/Dec.256(XIII) adopted by the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the
Union, held in Sirte, Libya, from 1 to 3 July 2010, as well as the relevant provisions of
decision Assembly/AU/Dec.311(XV). Council urges Member States to incorporate the
prohibition of the payment of ransom to terrorist groups into their national legislations;