How the UN Can Help Stop Terrorism

Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

(Jan 24, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs)

Eric Rosand, a Senior Fellow at the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, discussed the counter-terrorism program implemented by the United Nations Security Council after terrorist attacks of 9/11. He argued that the Council's efforts have been predominantly unsuccessful due to the absence of a comprehensive strategy, reactive nature the Council's actions and an overall narrow approach to defining the terrorism. Rosand contended that a new intergovernmental body with a much broader membership outside of the Security Council is needed to help the UN develop a more effective, legitimate, and relevant counter-terrorism program.

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The United Nations help fight terrorism? The UN can't even define what terrorism is. It has supported communist and leftist terrorists and dictators as well as state sponsors of terrorism for decades. This is one more reason why this hideous organization should be disbanded in the first place. Getting the UN involved in fighting terrorism is like getting the Mafia to help fight organized crime.