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UN anti-terrorism committees stress the need for greater involvement by Member States

28 September 2006
The heads of three major United Nations anti-terrorism committees briefed the Security Council today on the latest efforts to tackle the scourge, calling for greater involvement by Member States and stressing the importance of the world body’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy launched earlier this month.

States are more willing to work together against terrorism, but loopholes remain: UN

27 September 2006
Member States are now more willing than ever to “band together” to prevent the movement of terrorists and their supporters across borders, but unpoliced frontiers and forged documents still allow such travel, a United Nations team said in a new report released today.

After terrorist plot to blow up planes, UN agency to produce new list of banned items

25 September 2006
In an effort to further thwart terrorist plots to blow up airliners, the United Nations aviation agency will this week move ahead on producing a new list of prohibited items that passengers cannot bring on board, such as liquid, gel and aerosol products capable of being used in improvised explosive devices.

Global anti-terrorism strategy will only succeed if countries work together, says Annan

19 September 2006
Urging United Nations Member States to seize the opportunity to prove that collective action works when fighting terrorism, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today formally launched the UN’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
Kofi Annan

The attacks on the US five years ago were against ‘humanity itself’: Annan

11 September 2006
Marking five years since the September 11 attacks on the United States, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said they were directed against “humanity itself,” as he urged all Member States to honour the victims of terrorism everywhere by implementing a new strategy that the world body adopted last week to fight the global scourge.
Assembly President Jan Eliasson

General Assembly adopts landmark global strategy to combat terrorism

8 September 2006
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a comprehensive global strategy to counter terrorism, overcoming differences between Member States and a year of often fractious negotiations to agree for the first time on a common approach to fighting the scourge.