Combatting terrorism: Dell Higgie surveys the international counter-terrorism scene.

From: New Zealand International Review | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

There is no internationally agreed definition of 'terrorism'. Over the nearly 35 years this very issue has been inscribed on the UN's agenda, professional diplomats and international lawyers have completely failed to settle on a definition. There has been no shortage of proposals for a definition. New Zealand indeed put one forward in 1985. At that time we were taking a lead in efforts, in the wake of our Rainbow Warrior incident, to secure a comprehensive treaty against terrorism. We put it to the UN Legal Committee in New York that 'any act of force in peacetime for political ...

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