Kofi Annan on Terrorism and Human Rights
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke with a committment to human rights I wish I saw reflected by U.S. leaders. “Terrorism is in itself a direct attack on human rights and the rule of law. If we sacrifice them in our response, we are handing a victory to the terrorists.” (full speech). Along with denying terrorists their physical means of attack, the Secretary-General would deny them much of their psychological weaponry by refusing, as a society, to overreact by cutting back on the rights of citizens. He also spoke about helping states to develop strong infrastructures, including education, to resist teh internal growth of terrorism.
Additional Thoughts on Terrorism
Continuing the saga of why terrorism may be good for IT folks, was pondering several questions on combating terrorism in which I haven’t figured out the right answer to and figured others may express their own two cents on the…
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Kofi Annan on Terrorism and Human Rights
Kofi Annan on Terroris…
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