Centre and the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) in
their CT and CVE activities.
Partnership with third countries remains a priority: we remain alert to the
threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters returning to their countries of origin,
moving to other ungoverned spaces, or seeking to destabilize States by
exploiting existing social or political grievances, and/or connecting with
criminal networks. We will enhance cooperation in monitoring cross-border
movements of returning foreign terrorist fighters, in exchanging information
and evidence, in partnering with countries in the Middle East, Central Asia,
North Africa, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South
Eastern Europe, East, South east and South Asia, also with a view to preventing
the planning of terrorist attacks, and countering the violent messages terrorists
spread in their propaganda. We will seek wherever possible to prosecute
individuals for offences committed, but we are also committed to supporting
activities aimed at reducing the risks posed by foreign terrorist fighters and
family members returning from conflict zones, including, when appropriate,
rehabilitation and reintegration efforts, as well as activities that strengthen
community resilience to violent extremism.
We believe that preventing radicalization to violence and violent extremism
requires an effort to address the conditions conducive to their spread, both
within and outside our own societies. A whole of society approach is critical to
achieving our goals. We will therefore continue to seek the widest degree of
engagement with civil society representatives, local communities, youth and
religious leaders, women, detention facilities, educational institutions and the
private sector to build effective community-level responses to counter violent
extremism.
We aim not only to counter the narratives supporting terrorism and violent
extremism and to expose the fallacy of ISIL/Da’esh’s and other groups’
propaganda, but also to build an alternative and positive narrative, promoting a
world-view based on our common values and on the active, constructive and
integrated participation in open and inclusive societies that respect diversity
and equal citizenship.
We remain committed to playing a key role in countering terrorist financing,
including funds stemming from kidnap for ransom and organised crime,
supporting full implementation of the relevant UN Security Council
Resolutions and relevant international instruments, including the UN
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), and actively
participating in the main fora and international initiatives on these issues. In
this regard, we welcome Japan’s ongoing effort to become a State Party of
UNTOC. We will continue to integrate international multilateral efforts into
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