Country Report on Terrorism 2009 - Chapter 2 - Taiwan

Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations and, therefore, is not subject to UNSC Resolutions and cannot join UN counterterrorism conventions and protocols. Nonetheless, Taiwan sought to implement, to the maximum extent possible, all UN resolutions related to combating terrorism and terrorist finance issues. Taiwan continued to provide rapid and thorough responses on terrorist financing issues to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). The “Antiterrorist Action Law” proposed in 2006 by Taiwan’s Executive Yuan, is still awaiting action by the Legislative Yuan. Taiwan revised its Money Laundering Control Act in 2009 to extend the law’s coverage to the financing of crimes that intimidate the public or threaten “the government, a foreign government or institution, or international organization.”

The Taiwan Office of Homeland Security (OHS) coordinated several large-scale training exercises among law enforcement and security agencies. Taiwan sought ways to harden and protect its critical infrastructure, in order to maintain continuity of operations and government in the event of an attack or disaster. OHS also coordinated counterterrorism exercises with Taiwan law enforcement and security agencies prior to the “2009 Kaohsiung World Games” and the “2009 Taipei Deaf Olympics.”