The U.N. Conference on Terrorism, October 2001
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- US and Third World Split Over Terrorism
Conference
- By Thalif Deen, IPS, 21 February 2000. The United States
has expressed strong reservations over a Third World
proposal for a major international conference to combat
terrorism. The proposed conference will try to tackle the
sensitive subject of how to distinguish a “terrorist”
from a “freedom fighter”. An equally controversial
issue is the subject of “state terrorism”, such as
collateral damage to civilians by the military.
- A Peaceful Solution is Still
Possible
- By Fidel Castro, 29 September 2001. Speech by Commander in
Chief Fidel Castro, President of the Republic of Cuba
Ciego de Avila, September 29, 2001. Terror has always been
an instrument of the worst enemies of humankind bent on
suppressing and crushing the peoples' struggle for
freedom. Real possibilities still exist to eradicate
terrorism without a war but the U.S. refuses to listen to
any word said against the use of weapons and in favor of a
truly effective solution.
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Statement by M. E. Mr. Abuzed Omar Dorda, Permanent
Representative, before the General Assembly in its Fifty
Six Session, New York, 1 October 2001. The Arab Group
condemns terrorism. Arab countries were prime victims of
terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations: state
terrorism, occupation terrorism, and the terrorism
practiced by the extremist groups.
- Item 166: Measures to Eliminate International
Terrorism
- Statement by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador, Permanent
Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, before the
56th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 1
October 2001. Instead of war, it is necessary to organize
international cooperation in order to launch effective
global actions, in accordance with International Law, the
Charter of the United Nations and the relevant
international conventions, based on the extraordinary
power of consensus and the sovereign and united will of
all States.
- On Agenda items 166: Measures to eliminate
international terrorism
- By H. E. Ambassador Hasmty Agam, Permanent
Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, Tuesday
2 October 2001. Malaysia strongly condemns the heinous
acts of 11 September and fervently hopes that those
responsible will be finally brought to justice. The Prime
Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, called for
the convening of a world conference of leaders to discuss
the issue of international terrorism
- Measures to eliminate international
terrorism
- Statement by the permanenbt representative of the
Republic of Cuba, H.E. Ambassador Bruno Rodriguez
Parrilla, before the General Assembly, 2 October
2001. The unanimous shock suffered by all peoples of the
world on September 11, due to the insane terrorist attacks
against the American people, has created exceptional
conditions for the eradication of terrorism without the
need to unleash a useless and perhaps endless war.
- U.N. General Assembly should take effective
actions to counter terrorism and also to deal with humanitarian
crises as well as economic and social consequences of global
recession
- World Federation of Trade Unions press release No. 32, 2
October 2001. The need to adopt co-ordinated steps to deal
with the new security threats facing the international
community. At the same time, the UN has also to deal with
the acute humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and other
countries as well as the onset of a global recession that
aggravates the global development crisis.