UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Friday called for addressing the underlying factors responsible for terrorism so as to formulate an effective and comprehensive response.
Making her debut at the UN she said that among the diverse and complex drivers of terrorism was political, economic and social injustice, lack of social and economic opportunities, unresolved political disputes and foreign occupation.
“There is a need to evolve a multifaceted response to a multidimensional challenge,” she told a global counter-terrorism meeting. Specific solutions were needed for specific challenges and situations, “One size often did not fit all,” she added.
An effective response to combat terrorism was required at the very outset, developing a greater understanding of various terrorist movements, their specific motivations, objectives, capacities and modus operandi, she pointed out. A comprehensive response could not be built without such knowledge, the Pakistani envoy stressed.
Ambassador Lodhi also called for developing recommendations and a plan of action at the global level to counter the narratives and extremist ideologies espoused by terrorist groups, especially among populations and regions under threat from particular terrorist groups. She also underscored the need to evolve on ways to halt various forms of terrorist financing.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 8th, 2015.
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