Rejection of double standards is an important element of the antiterrorist struggle, he said. "Terrorists cannot be divided into bad and good. For the efficiency of our struggle the international community should share common approaches. Terrorism should be fought against in its entirety. It should not be left unnoticed who finances, sponsors and inspires terrorism by public appearances. Towards this end we propose that the Security Council draw up a single list of persons and organisations having to do with complicity in and carryout acts of terrorism", the Russian minister said.
The list exists for Al-Qaeda and Taliban, Lavrov noted. "We believe that in the present conditions the list should become open for putting in all those having to do in this or that way with terrorist activities", he stressed.
"Many terrorist bands are in this or that way involved in Al-Qaeda operations. There may also be independent ad-hoc groups and the Russian side thinks it right to make the UN Counterrorist Committee's lists open for filing new entries when there is no immediate connection between a terrorist group and Al-Qaeda", Sergei Lavrov said.
He said that questions of struggle against terrorism are becoming practical and Russia has already made its share proposing a set of concrete steps laid down in the Security Council draft resolution on additional antiterrorist measures. In Sergei Lavrov's opinion, the international community should strengthen the legal antiterrorist base to dovetail the laws of each UN member country with international law.
Besides, Russia has proposed to consider the version of establishing an international fund for help to victims of terrorist acts.
The Moscow-proposed draft new resolution of the Security Council has been circulated in the United Nations and its first wording is an indication of the broad support it gets. "We would like this document to elevate to a new level work of the antiterrorist coalition", Lavrov continued.
He recalled that there is a resolution of the United Nations Security Council to end for non-state subjects access to materials having to do with weapons of mass destruction and there is also the Russian-prepared draft International Convention on the Struggle against Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. In his opinion, now that the danger of new doings by the terrorist international are clear to all, work on this draft must be sped up.
There a growing understanding in the world of the need to dump double standards on terrorism, Sergei Lavrov said in answer to the RIA Novosti question.
"Beslan has produced an increasing understanding that we can win only together with a single approach and only if we don't use this problem for geopolitical games. This understanding is increasing, American, British and virtually all those we have talked to said", the Russian minister noted.
Simultaneously, Lavrov did not rule out a repetition of double standards. "I think that we will, unfortunately, see relapses of double standards. This theme is sometimes spread in the press for unseemly ends".
"In this connection, the appeal of Russian President Vladimir Putin is very timely. He stresses the responsibility of the press for not only prompt and operative coverage of events but also for the emergence of declarations made in connection with the coverage of terrorist acts", the minister said.
The press must remain free but responsible. Journalists have their own ethics", Sergei Lavrov noted.
