International community gathers in New York, discusses coordinated action to tackle terrorism, violent extremism worldwide

International community gathers in New York, discusses coordinated action to tackle terrorism, violent extremism worldwide

During the first-ever United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution stressing the need for countries to join forces as no one could tackle the scourge of terrorism alone. Introducing the resolution, Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák said: "the level of activity and participation we saw over the last few weeks, shows that the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy is as crucial as ever".

Published June 28, 2018 at 09:32PM
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