Under UN Security Council Resolutions 1455 (2003) and 1526, adopted on January 30, 2004, all states and regional organizations shall facilitate the fulfillment of anti-terrorist commitments and take timely steps to guarantee transparency of monetary flows across borders, making sure that national legislation allows the implementation of preventive measures vis-a-vis individuals and organizations involved in terrorism-related activities in areas under their (i.e., states') jurisdiction, Norov said at a press conference in the Justice Ministry Monday.
Speaking of the 40% tax allegedly imposed on relief money, the Uzbek official explained that the governmental resolution German charities had referred to was, in fact, introducing a system of control over incoming monetary aid while exempting recipients of such aid from bank commission payments.