1. The G8's Counterterrorism Action Group May 2009
- Author:
- Eric Rosand
- Publication Date:
- 05-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Fourth Freedom Forum
- Abstract:
- The Group of Eight (G8) leaders established the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) at the 2003 Evian summit with a view to enhancing global counterterrorism capacity-building assistance and coordination activities and to reducing duplication of effort. The G8 had become increasingly dissatisfied with the slow progress of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in trying to stimulate and help coordinate global counterterrorism capacity-building activities during the first two years of the latter's existence. Among the goals in creating the CTAG was to offer the CTC a donor forum in which to share information regarding priority assistance needs related to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1373, with a view to identifying the appropriate donors to address each identified need. The G8 agreed to invite “other states, mainly donors,” and the CTC to join the group, which now includes Australia, the European Commission, Spain, and Switzerland.
- Topic:
- International Organization, Terrorism, and Counterinsurgency
- Political Geography:
- Spain, Australia, and Switzerland