Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5168th meeting, 25 Apr. 2005, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council"]

Welcomes the briefings by the Chairmen of the Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), the Counter-Terrorism Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) on the work of the 3 Committees; welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly on 13 Apr. 2005 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism by consensus; stresses the different mandates of the 3 Committees; reaffirms that the responsibility for implementing the Security Council resolutions relevant to the mandates of the 3 Committees, including preparation of reports to the respective Committees, rests with the States; invites the CTC to pursue its agenda as set out in the work programme for the CTC's 15th 90-day period (S/2005/266); encourages all parts of the UN to do their utmost to ensure that the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate becomes fully operational in the shortest possible time.

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