terror

Kofi Annan

UN Secretary-General deplores suicide bombing in Moscow

9 December 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the suicide bombing outside a hotel in central Moscow, saying terrorism "can never be justified under any circumstances whatsoever."
Kofi Annan

Annan condemns terror attacks in Istanbul

15 November 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the terrorist attacks against two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mr. Ramcharan

UN's top rights official deplores terrorist bombings in Turkey

15 November 2003
Condemning the deadly terrorist bombings in Istanbul today, the Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the perpetrators must be held accountable under the law.
Kofi Annan

Annan condemns deadly terror attack in Saudi Arabia

9 November 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly denounced Saturday's deadly terrorist strike in Saudi Arabia.
Amb. Arias

Security Council names countries that have failed to meet terror report deadline

5 November 2003
The United Nations Security Council today revealed the names of 58 countries that have failed to meet a deadline for submitting reports on how they would tackle terrorism.
CTC chairman Amb. Arias of Spain

UN anti-terrorism panel looks at terrorist threats to peace and security

16 October 2003
The chairman of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) said today the panel was completing its examination of countries' legislation to see if it was suited to the struggle and was now moving to find out how these laws were being implemented, a more difficult task.

Use mind, not heart in battle against terrorism, Annan says

22 September 2003
The war against terrorism demands a rational not emotional response, and victory can be assured only by offering a superior vision of a better world that upholds human rights even in the heat of the very battle against terrorists and tackles the root causes of despair, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
Mohamed ElBaradei

UN atomic watchdog steps up efforts against nuclear terrorism

17 September 2003
Stepping up its efforts to thwart nuclear terrorism, the United Nations atomic watchdog has raised $23 million for security measures ranging from emergency plans against “malicious acts” to combating the smuggling of radioactive materials, but more still needs to be done, the agency said today.
Kofi Annan in Geneva

9/11 anniversary should serve as call for international cooperation – Annan

11 September 2003
Today’s second anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States should serve as a clarion call for international cooperation in the fight against terrorism, which continues to threaten the world, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.

UN rights office publishes digest of decisions relating to civil liberties and terrorism

29 July 2003
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has published a digest comprising the findings of judicial and quasi-judicial bodies of the United Nations and regional organizations on the protection of human rights in the context of measures against terrorism.