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Anti-terrorism Should Focus on Both Symptoms, Root Cause

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The international community should strengthen dialogue and consultation and develop cooperation, joinhands in preventing and fighting against international terrorist activities, and make efforts to eradicate the root cause of terrorism, says a white paper issued by China Monday.

In recent years, terrorist activities have notably increased, and constitute a real threat to world peace and development, says the white paper titled "China's National Defense in 2002" issued by the Information Office of the State Council.

The "September 11" terrorist attack has aroused the universal concern of the international community. On September 11, 2002, theUN Security Council formally included the "East Turkistan Islamic Movement" on its list of terrorist organizations.

The Chinese government has always resolutely opposed and condemned all forms of terrorism, and has actively adopted effective measures to fight against terrorist activities, says thepaper.

In fighting terrorism, it is necessary to address both its symptoms and root cause, and adopt comprehensive measures, especially in solving the question of development, narrowing the North-South gap, and ending regional conflicts, says the paper.

The fight against terrorism requires conclusive evidence, cleartargets and conformity with the purpose and principles of the UN Charter, and the universally acknowledged norms of international laws. In this regard, the leading role of the UN and its Security Council should be brought into full play, and all actions taken should be conducive to the long-term interest of preserving regional and world peace.

The paper says terrorism should not be confused with a specificnation or religion, neither should dual standards be adopted in the fight against terrorism. The international community should make common efforts to resolutely condemn and attack terrorism whenever and wherever it occurs, whoever it is directed against and in whatever form it appears.

China supports and has conscientiously implemented a series of resolutions on the anti-terrorism issue passed by the United Nations and its Security Council.

China has acceded to the International Convention on Stopping Terrorist Explosions, and signed the International Convention on Severing Financial Aid to Terrorism. China has acceded to 10 and signed another one of the 12 international anti-terrorism conventions, says the paper.

China has also held anti-terrorism consultations respectively with the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Pakistan and India, and has taken an active part in the work of the Security Council Anti-Terrorism Commission.

China actively helped the Shanghai Conference of APEC Leaders in bringing about the anti-terrorism statement, motivated the heads of government, defense ministers, leaders of law-enforcementand security departments, and foreign ministers of the member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in issuing a common statement, and actively supported the SCO in establishinga permanent regional anti-terrorist organization.

China and Kyrgyzstan conducted a joint anti-terrorism military exercise in October 2002.

China pays great attention to international anti-terrorist cooperation in the financial field. Although China is not a memberof the ad hoc working group for combating the financial action of money laundering, it consistently supports the group's work. Chinahas given the group a full introduction of its measures for anti-terrorism in the financial field.

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