MeasurestoEliminateInternationalTerrorism消除国际.doc

ODUMUNC 2010 Issue Brief for the Special Political and General Assembly Plenary Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism by Przemyslaw Ozierski Graduate Program in International Studies, Old Dominion University  PAGE 9 Introduction The United Nations is engaged in the ongoing serious debate on international terrorism. But as a body bound by the sovereignty of its 192 member states and the need for international consensus, its approach to the issue is very distinct. The United Nations typically is not at the forefront of international counterterrorism, but its decisions carry enormous weight, giving measures much greater legitimacy than they can have merely as national policy of a particular country. The UN tends to do less, in other words, but its actions tend to mean more. The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center reported there were worldwide approximately 11,800 terrorist attacks in 2008, dominated by Iraq and Afghanistan.1 One result of rising numbers and enormous pressure from the United States under President George W. Bush is a growing willingness in the United Nations to deal with growing threat. Despite the recognition of the importance there is lack of the legal comprehensive phenomena’s definition adopted by the United Nations, which causes problems in introducing common international law and is one of the debated issues that should be resolved. Countries also can be ambivalent in attitudes toward terrorist methods, often shielding particular groups they may sponsor or favor. While the UN Security Council usually focuses on specific actions to deal with particular terrorist problems, the General Assembly usually stresses broad principles to guide the entire international community on these issues. There are important exceptions, though, such as Palestine, where the GA also gets into relevant regional issues. In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The strategy is composed of five pillars: dissua