1. The role of the United Nations in countering
International Terrorism
The big phenomenon of our era is the violence
of the Islamic eruption. Underestimated by
most of our contemporaries, this rise of Islam
can be compared analogically to the early
days of communism from Lenin’s time. The
consequences of this phenomenon are still
unpredictable ….
…Africa will not be unaffected by this
phenomenon for long … The Western world
hardly seems prepared to confront this
problem.
André Malraux, 19561
1 https://churchmousec.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/andre-
malraux-predicted-religious-conflict-in-1956/
The world is witnessing a dramatic evolution
in the nature of the terrorist threat…
Eliminating terrorism requires international
solidarity and a multifaceted approach –
among the many tools we must use, we must
also tackle the underlying conditions that
provide violent extremist groups the
opportunity to take root.
Ban Ki-moon, 20142
2
http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=8040