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Counterterrorism

The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism is headed by Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., who has primary responsibility within the U.S. Government for developing, coordinating, and implementing American counterterrorism policy. He chairs the Interagency Working Group on Counterterrorism, which develops and coordinates policy. He also serves as chairman of the Department of State's task force to coordinate responses to international terrorist incidents. The office coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments, including the policy and planning of the Department's Anti-terrorism Training Assistance Program. The office also coordinates all other U.S. counterterrorism assistance programs and the inter-agency research and development program for counterterrorism.

Patterns of Global Terrorism

• Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1996. Released April 1997. Press briefing on report given by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Coordinator for Counterterrorism (4/30/97).
• Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1995 Report and 1996 Press Briefing

July 1996 Ministerial on Terrorism, Paris

• Statement by Attorney General Janet Reno at the Ministerial on Terrorism (July 30, 1996)
• Fact Sheet on Paris Achievements (July 30, 1996)
• Fact Sheet on American Leadership (July 30, 1996)
• Agreement of 25 Measures adopted at Ministerial on Terrorism (July 30, 1996)
• White House Briefing on Paris Ministerial on Terrorism (July 29, 1996)

June 1996 Lyon Summit

• G-7 Declaration on Terrorism (June 27, 1996)

December 1995 Ottawa Ministerial on Terrorism

• Declaration on Countering Terrorism (December 12, 1995)

Antiterrorism Bill

• Fact Sheet: Counterterrorism (April 30, 1996)
• Signing of Antiterrorism Bill. Remarks by President Clinton (April 24, 1996)
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Statement by President Clinton (April 24, 1996)

Speeches, Testimony and Statements

• Sudan and Terrorism. Kenneth R. McKune, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism before the Subcommittee on Africa, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC (May 15, 1997)
• U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Toward Sudan. George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs before the Subcommittee on Africa, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC (May 15, 1997)
• Secretary Albright testimony to Senate Appropriations Committee on Terrorism Washington, DC (May 13, 1997)
• U.S. Efforts To Combat International Terrorism. Statements by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr., Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and Ambassador Eric Boswell, Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, Washington, DC (March 12, 1997)
• Statement by Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., Coordinator for Counterterrorism, before the House Committee on National Security, Washington, DC (February 28, 1997)
• Remarks by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr., Coordinator for Counterterrorism, to the 15^th annual Government/Industry Conference on Terrorism, Washington, DC (February 28, 1997)
• International Terrorism. Remarks by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr. before the Denver Council on Foreign Relations (September 12, 1996)
• American Security in a Changing World. Remarks by President Clinton at George Washington University (August 5, 1996)
• Syrian Support for Terrorism. Testimony by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr. before the House Committee on International Relations (July 25, 1996)
• Combatting International Terrorism. Testimony by Ambassador Philip Wilcox, Jr. before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (March 5, 1996)

Background

• Fact Sheet: Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (8/6/96)
• Major Multilateral Terrorism Conventions
• Security Guidelines for Americans Overseas
• Diplomatic Security
• Report: Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans (1995). This is a 1.4 MB Adobe Acrobat PDF file. [To download FREE Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader]
• Counterterrorism Rewards Program
• Secretary of State Statements, Speeches and Testimony
• Department of State Press Briefings

Other Related Sites

• The White House
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Mission to the United Nations
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• United Nations

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Last Updated: May 30, 1997