Aaj Ka Ravan 2000

[Agalia Valcin]

MarcusC. Ravnan '94, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP earned a doctor of pharmacy from University of the Pacific in 1994. He completed a clinical pharmacy practice residency at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System in 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Clinical Oncology Pharmacist at California Cancer Center and as Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Critical Care Medicine for Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. From 1997 to 2000 he served as Clinical Coordinator & Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor, Clinical Specialist, Medical/Surgical Intensive Care and Pain Management for the Veterans Affairs Central California Healthcare System in Fresno.

Dr. Ravnan joined the Pacific faculty in 2000. Dr. Ravnan also maintains his clinical practice in hematology/oncology and infusion services with Kaiser Permanente Northern California Clinical Operations. In 2013, he was promoted to Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and in 2015, was appointed Assistant Dean, Office of Pre-Pharmacy and Pre-Health Affairs.

Dr. Ravnan is a member and Fellow of both the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). In addition, he is a member of the Rho Chi Honor Society and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). A Phi Delta Chi brother, he currently serves as Faculty Advisor to Pacific's Alpha Psi chapter. Dr. Ravnan also advises CSHP-Pacific, ASHP-Pacific and heads Pacific's Pharmacy Residency Club.

TheSecurity Council demanded this afternoon that Afghanistan's Taliban authoritiesact swiftly to close all camps where terrorists are trained in the territoryunder their control and called for confirmation of such closures by the UnitedNations.

Adoptingresolution 1333 (2000) by a vote of 13 in favour to none against, with twoabstentions (China and Malaysia), the Council demanded that the Taliban ceasethe provision of sanctuary and training for international terrorists and theirorganizations, ensure the territory under their control was not used forterrorist installations and camps, and cooperate with international efforts tobring indicted terrorists to justice. It demanded also that the Taliban turn over Usama bin Laden toappropriate authorities in a country where he had been indicted, where he wouldbe returned to such a country, or where he would be arrested and effectivelybrought to justice.

-- prevent thesupply, sale and transfer of arms and related materiel, military vehicles andequipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts to the territory of Afghanistanunder Taliban control as designated by the Committee established pursuant toresolution 1267 (1999), by their nationals or from their territories, or usingtheir flag vessels or aircraft;

-- prevent thesupply, sale and transfer to the territory of Afghanistan under Taliban controlas designated by the Committee of technical advice, assistance, or trainingrelated to the military activities of Taliban armed personnel; and

-- freeze withoutdelay funds and other financial assets of Usama bin Laden and individuals andentities associated with him as designated by the Committee, including those inthe Al-Qaida organization, and including funds derived or generated fromproperty owned or controlled by Usama bin Laden and associated individuals andentities.

Byfurther terms, the Council decided also that all States were required to denyany aircraft permission to take off from, land in or over-fly their territoriesif that aircraft had taken off from, or was destined to land at, a place in theterritory of Afghanistan designated by the Committee as being under Talibancontrol, unless the particular flight had been approved in advance by theCommittee on the grounds of humanitarian need, including religious obligationssuch as the performance of the Hajj, or on the grounds that the flight promoteddiscussion of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Afghanistan, or waslikely to promote Taliban compliance with resolution 1333 (2000) or resolution

Alsoby the text, the Council decided further that the Committee shall maintain alist of approved organizations and government relief agencies providinghumanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, including the United Nations and itsagencies, government relief agencies providing humanitarian assistance, theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and non-governmentalorganizations.

Iturged States to restrict the entry into or transit through their territory ofall senior officials of the rank of Deputy Minister or higher in the Taliban,the equivalent rank of armed personnel under Taliban control, and other seniorTaliban advisers and dignitaries, unless they were travelling for humanitarianpurposes, including religious obligation, or where travel promoted discussionof a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Afghanistan or involved compliancewith resolutions 1333 (2000) and 1267 (1999).

TheCouncil demanded that the Taliban, as well as others, halt all illegal drugsactivities and work to virtually eliminate the illicit cultivation of opiumpoppy, the proceeds of which financed Taliban terrorist activities. It decided that all States shall prevent thesale, supply or transfer, by their nationals or from their territories, of thechemical ascetic anhydride to any person in the territory of Afghanistancontrolled by the Taliban.

Byother terms, the Council requested the Secretary-General, in consultation withthe Committee, to appoint a committee of experts to recommend to the Councilwithin 60 days of the adoption of resolution 1333 (2000) how the arms embargoand the closure of terrorist training camps could be monitored, including theuse of information obtained by Member States through their national means andprovided by them to the Secretary-General.

Supporting the efforts of the PersonalRepresentative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan to advance a peaceprocess through political negotiations between the Afghan parties aimed at theestablishment of a broad-based, multi-ethnic, and fully representativegovernment, and calling for the warringfactions to cooperate fully with those efforts to conclude a ceasefire andbegin discussions leading to a political settlement, by moving forward promptlyin the process of dialogue to which they have committed themselves,

Noting the December 2000 meeting of theAfghan Support Group which emphasized that the situation in Afghanistan is acomplex one that requires a comprehensive, integrated approach to a peaceprocess and issues of narcotics trafficking, terrorism, human rights, andinternational humanitarian and development aid,

Strongly condemning the continuing useof the areas of Afghanistan under the control of the Afghan faction known asTaliban, which also calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan(hereinafter known as the Taliban), for the sheltering and training ofterrorists and planning of terrorist acts, and reaffirming its conviction that the suppression of internationalterrorism is essential for the maintenance of international peace and security,

Noting the importance of the Talibanacting in accordance with the 1961 Single Convention, the 1971 Convention onPsychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic inNarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, and the commitments of the 1998Twentieth Special Session of the General Assembly on Narcotic Drugs, includingto work closely with the United Nations Drug Control Programme,

Deploring the fact that the Talibancontinues to provide safe haven to Usama bin Ladin and to allow him and othersassociated with him to operate a network of terrorist training camps fromTaliban-controlled territory and to use Afghanistan as a base from which tosponsor international terrorist operations,

Noting the indictment of Usama bin Ladenand his associates by the United States of America for, inter alia, the 7August 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dares Salaam, Tanzania, and for conspiring to kill American nationals outside theUnited States, and noting also therequest of the United States of America to the Taliban to surrender them fortrial (S/1999/1021),

Reiterating its deep concern over thecontinuing violations of international humanitarian law and of human rights,particularly discrimination against women and girls, and over the significantrise in the illicit production of opium,

Stressing that the capture by theTaliban of the Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the murderof Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e-Sharif constituted flagrantviolations of established international law,

Reaffirming the necessity for sanctionsto contain adequate and effective exemptions to avoid adverse humanitarianconsequences on the people of Afghanistan, and that they be structured in a waythat will not impede, thwart or delay the work of international humanitarianassistance organizations or governmental relief agencies providing humanitarianassistance to the civilian population in the country,

Underlining the responsibility of theTaliban for the well-being of the population in the areas of Afghanistan underits control, and in this context callingon the Taliban to ensure the safe and unhindered access of relief personneland aid to all those in need in the territory under their control,

1. Demandsthat the Taliban comply with resolution 1267 (1999) and, in particular,cease the provision of sanctuary and training for international terrorists andtheir organizations, take appropriate effective measures to ensure that theterritory under its control is not used for terrorist installations and camps,or for the preparation or organization of terrorist acts against other Statesor their citizens, and cooperate with international efforts to bring indictedterrorists to justice;

2. Demandsalso that the Taliban comply without further delay with the demand of theSecurity Council in paragraph 2 of resolution 1267 (1999) that requires theTaliban to turn over Usama bin Laden to appropriate authorities in a countrywhere he has been indicted, or to appropriate authorities in a country where hewill be returned to such a country, or to appropriate authorities in a countrywhere he will be arrested and effectively brought to justice;

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