United Nations Global Counterterrorism Strategy: Achievements and Challenges

Byline: Muhammad Ijaz Latif and Rehman Afzal Khan The unprecedented events of 9/11 presented a new face of terrorism with a magnitude that required a great collective response from the world. They also presented the United Nations, as the single largest international organization, with its biggest challenge yet. The sympathies and support that was behind the people and the government of the United States was also demonstrated by resolutions 1368 and 1373 (both in 2001) of the UN Security Council (UNSC), which were adopted in the wake of the attacks. Resolution 1373 called upon all states to combat terrorism by working together and established a Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) to monitor its implementation.