UN counter-terrorism measures must adapt to evolving threat
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 13 November 2009 - Brief by Mike Smith, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, on the outcome of an initiative to build counter-terrorism cooperation among countries in South Asia. The threat posed by terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida and the Taliban is evolving and United Nations efforts to combat the scourge must keep up to date through effective counter-measures such as sanctions and reinforced regional cooperation to prevent the smuggling of materials for weapons of mass destruction, the Security Council was told today. For more information: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32952&Cr=terror&Cr1=
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