Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) visited a multi-cargo terminal at Port Klang during an assessment visit to Malaysia from 7 to 9 November 2022.
Acting on behalf of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, its Executive Directorate (CTED) concluded an assessment visit to Malaysia from 7 to 9 November 2022. The visit constituted the in-person component of a hybrid visit whose virtual element had taken place from 21 to 25 March 2021, and concentrated on measures introduced by Malaysia to implement certain aspects of Security Council resolutions 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017), 2617 (2021), and other relevant Council resolutions.
The visiting delegation was led by the CTED Chief of Section for the Americas and Asia Pacific and included also other CTED experts, as well as representatives of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities; the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL); the International Maritime Organization (IMO); the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC/TPB); the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT); and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office for Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. The visit encompassed an on-site visit to the National Central Bureau of INTERPOL, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), a multi-cargo terminal at Port Klang, the Kamunting Detention Centre, and the prison in Kamunting.
Thematic areas covered included counter-terrorism legislation and judicial practice; border management and law enforcement; countering the financing of terrorism (CFT); and countering incitement and violent extremism conducive to terrorism. In accordance with the practice followed for the Committee’s previous visits, the discussions also included human rights aspects of Malaysia’s counter-terrorism measures, as well as its incorporation of the gender dimension and the roles of women in countering terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, in line with Security Council resolutions 2242 (2015) and 2395 (2017).
CTED’s Flickr album with photos from the visit can be accessed .