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remains free to emphasize reciprocity in its counterterrorism policies.
While we will always meet our baseline responsibilities, U.S. efforts
can prioritize support to our allies, protect vital interests, and
assist those international partners who prove themselves most willing
to cooperate in the campaign against terror.

The steady increase in the number of countries that are fully
implementing UNSCR 1373 will thus provide a tangible measure of
progress in the years ahead.

Additionally, we will encourage international, regional, and
subregional organizations to call upon their members to adopt and fully
implement the counterterrorist conventions, protocols, and UNSCR 1373,
and subsequently we will support them in their effort. To help ensure
compliance and maintain oversight, the U.S. Government will support the
establishment of a comprehensive plan to monitor and, when appropriate,
publicize nations' counterterrorist activities.

To maintain the momentum since September 11 and keep the global war on
terrorism in the forefront, all departments and agencies of the U.S.
Government will promote combating terrorism as a standard agenda item
for their bilateral and multilateral discussions.

_Objective: Strengthen and sustain the international effort to fight
terrorism_. Defeating terrorism is our nation's primary and immediate
priority. It is "our calling," as President Bush has said. But it is
not our challenge alone. Unlike the Cold War, where two opposing camps
led by superpower states vied for power, we are now engaged in a war
between the civilized world and those that would destroy it. Success
will not come by always acting alone, but through a powerful coalition
of nations maintaining a strong, united international front against
terrorism.

+Working with Willing and Able States+: An essential element of our
strategy remains working with others to reorient existing partnerships
and create new mechanisms for cooperation among the willing and able
states around the world. No support will be more important to success
than that from the other nations that have the will and resources to
combat terrorism with us at the state, regional, and even global level.

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks we have reaped the rewards
of the investments made in our major alliances during the past 50
years. These rewards are evident in NATO's unprecedented invocation of
Article V of the NATO Treaty, Australia's invo