CABINET TO CONDUCT FIRST-EVER ANTI-TERRORISM DRILL
ROC Central News Agency
2005-04-12 21:55:14
Taipei, April 12 (CNA) The Cabinet will conduct its first-ever anti-terrorism drill starting Wednesday after more than three months of preparations, Cabinet spokesman Cho Jung-tai said Tuesday.
The three-day drill has been planned in line with United Nations resolutions passed in 2001 and 2004 that require all countries to fight against terrorism, Cho said.
Noting that the drill has been organized by the Cabinet's anti-terrorism action control office, Cho said it has nothing to do with any military exercises or anti-decapitation strike drill, a reference to a strategy in which Taipei would be attacked by enemy forces in order to cut the leadership off from the rest of the country. "The exercise is mainly designed to test various administrative agencies' abilities to cope with violent terrorist attack, biological attack, chemical attack, radioactive attack and sabotage to information and communication systems, " Cho explained, adding that the ultimate goal of the drill is to establish standard operating procedures and beef up the government's crisis management capacity.
Although Taiwan is not a U.N. member, Cho said, it must still respond to the U.N.'s call to counter terrorism.
Cho said Premier Frank Hsieh will lead the Cabinet in conducting the anti-terrorism drill at the Tachi joint training center in suburban Taipei.
As the drill has nothing to do with military exercises, Cho said President Chen Shui-bian and national security officials will not take part.
Cho said the Cabinet will brief the press on the procedures and results of the drill once it is completed.
(By Sofia Wu)
ENDITEM/J
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
