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...Boutros-Ghali named two factors that create conditions which favor present-day terrorists: globalization and fragmentation...
Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali called for global cooperation to stop terrorism in an address last night before an overflow audience of 800 at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum...
...Terrorist activity has escalated because terrorism has successfully adapted to globalization while anti-terrorism remains provincial and national," Boutros-Ghali said...
...time has come for the international community to work toward the achievement of a general international instrument of a binding nature against terrorism," Boutros-Ghali said...
According to Boutros-Ghali, the U.N. has three directives regarding terrorism: to use re-existing international instruments of law, to encourage nations to overcome difficulties arising from international coordination and to widen the scope of the international conventions. He listed 11 international conventions currently sponsored by the U.N.--nine of which have already been ratified--addressing diplomatic immunity, hostage situations, air travel, industry and weapons of mass destruction. Boutros-Ghali said, however, that major obstacles stand in the way of global cooperation...