(12 Sep 2004) SHOTLIST
Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv
1. Various audience singing American national anthem
2. US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) American ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer
"There was at least one result from the 9/11 terrorism. The United States and scores of other countries decided to fight back, to defend their people and societies and to defend the values that they hold dear. The global effort against terrorism and terror was launched, with the commitment to pursue terrorism and terrorists for however long it takes to prevail."
4. Cutaway of Kurtzer
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gennady Tarasov, the Russian ambassador to Israel
"9/11 has long become an emblematic date that illustrates the major challenges facing the outset of the new century and it puts the task of battering terrorism at the top of the international agenda. We have come to understand better that neither ideological nor religious nor any other excuses or slogans can serve as a justification for extremists and fanatics to terrorise the world. The unspeakable tragedy of Beslan, the huge enormous loss of innocent life, is one that we will never forget, we will always remember the terrible agony, anguish and pain during those three endless days."
6. German interior minister Otto Schily
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Otto Schily, German interior minister
"Terrorism is far from being a weapon of the weak. Terrorism is a cult of death. This is what the brutal attacks in New York, in Beslan, Bali, Madrid and Beersheva all have in common. We must all fight terrorism together, no matter where it launches its barbarous attack."
8. Schily leaving stage
9. Wide shot stage
STORYLINE
Political leaders and diplomats from around the world gathered in Israel on Saturday - the anniversary of the 9 September 2001 terror attacks - to discuss terrorism's global impact.
Among those attending the conference at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Centre, near Tel Aviv, were Germany's interior minister and the US and Russian ambassadors to Israel.
Addressing the summit, the German minister said that the number of terror attacks around the world in the three years since 9/11 underlined the need for greater cooperation in the fight against terror.
Russia's ambassador thanked the international community for its support during the Beslan school attack and said that fighting terrorism was at the top of the international agenda.
Meanwhile, the US ambassador said the 9/11 terror attacks had led to the United States and scores of other countries to decide "to fight back, to defend their people and societies and to defend the values that they hold dear".
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