<HTML>Declaration on Terrorism
Issued at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers Session held in Brussels on 2 April 2004
Auszüge:
"The atrocities perpetrated in Madrid last month have once again shown the acute threat posed by terrorism to innocent people around the world... We categorically reject terrorism, whatever its motivations, forms or manifestations. We are resolved to fight together, for as long as necessary, this scourge, which challenges the values that unite us, most particularly freedom founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. The Alliance provides an essential transatlantic dimension to the response against terrorism, which requires the closest possible cooperation of North America and Europe. Our approach to terrorism, and its causes, will include the full implementation of UNSCR 1373 on the fight against terrorism and will continue to be multifaceted and comprehensive, including political, diplomatic, economic and, where necessary, military means.
Defence against terrorism may include activities by NATO’s military forces, based on decisions by the North Atlantic Council, to help deter, defend, disrupt and protect against terrorist attacks, or threat of attacks, directed from abroad, against populations, territory, infrastructure and forces of any member state, including by acting against these terrorists and those who harbour them... In the international community’s fight against terrorism, more can and should be done..."</HTML>
