U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL Russia calls for new list of terrorism suspects

The list would be separate from one of Al-Qaida- or Taliban-linked suspects.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia took its case for expanding the global war against terrorism to the United Nations, demanding the Security Council draw up a new list of terror suspects who would be subject to extradition.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country has denounced Western countries for granting asylum to Chechen leaders it has linked to violence, said there can be no double standards in defining terrorists.
"Those who slaughtered children in Beslan and hijacked airplanes to attack America are creatures of the same breed," he said in a forceful speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
"Harboring terrorists, their henchmen and sponsors undermines the unity and mutual trust of parties to the anti-terrorist front, serves as a justification for their actions and actually encourages them to commit similar crimes in other countries," he added.
Stresses cooperation
Russia circulated a draft resolution stressing the need for the 15 member nations to "cooperate fully" in tracking down the perpetrators and organizers of terrorist attacks.
The proposed text also asks the committee monitoring what governments are doing to fight terrorism to consider how to draw up a new list of "individuals, groups and entities involved in or associated with terrorist activities."
The list, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, would be separate from that drawn up after the Sept. 11 attacks, which targets terror suspects linked to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida network or Afghanistan's now deposed Taliban regime.
All 191 U.N. member states are required to impose a travel ban and arms embargo on suspects on that list and freeze their assets.
Russia now wants similar punishments for those on the new list as well as speedy extraditions.
The United States was reviewing the proposal, said Secretary of State Colin Powell, who met with Lavrov for about 30 minutes Thursday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw supported the initiative and said Britain would "work closely" with Russia on the wording to prevent terrorists from abusing asylum status.