UNO ROLE IN COUNTERING TERRORISM
ABSTRACT:
The UNO is one of the most significant international organizations for maintaining world peace and security.Today this peace is threatened by the scourge of terrorism especially after 9/11 incident in 2001.As the main aim of UNO is to maintain international peace and security; therefore it takes the responsibility of countering this menance.This paper gives a detail of some of the resolutions, conventions and other activities that UNO has carried out to counter terrorism. The worth mentioning of these are the Global Counter terrorism strategy, Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the resolutions passed by UNO. All the organs of the Organization especially the Security Council and the General Assembly are playing an active role. In this paper the main focus is on the General Assembly and Security Councils response to Terrorism Although there is lack of practical implementation but still a hope is there that by mutual cooperation and collective actions they would be able to fight terrorism and establish peace in the world.
INTRODUCTION:
The UN Charter provided the legal basis of the activities of countering terrorism on 25 June 1945.The states declared their determination to work together for maintaining world peace and security. The UN charter has been used as a tool to combat terrorism but with the passage of time this issue has become very complicated and the requirements for additional tools has become urgent. In the light of the requirements of additional tools the UN had taken different steps like the establishment of the Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force working in cooperation with different organizations. The Global Counter Terrorism Strategy which shows the agreement of the countries around the world
