Musharraf calls for comprehensive strategy to fight terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, Thursday (Xinhua) - Pakistan's President Pervez
Musharraf called on the international community to strengthen the United
Nations, and to adopt comprehensive strategy in fighting terrorism.
Speaking at the high-level plenary meeting of the UN summit,
Musharraf said "it is our solemn responsibility to bequeath a legacy of
hope and peace to future generations. We cannot afford to fail."
"This Special Summit offers us an opportunity to recommit ourselves
to the principles and purposes of the UN Charter," the President said,
pledging to make the United Nations a more effective and relevant
institution for the 21st century.
Musharraf pointed out that international security can be best
promoted when states see peace as being in its best interest through
mutual cooperation, when the supremacy of equitable principles is
established over the realities of unequal power, and when states agree
to utilize the United Nations to harmonize their policies and reconcile
their interests.
"The Security Council should work openly, on behalf of the general
membership. The Council should become more representative, not by adding
a new elite, but by reflecting more fully, the entire spectrum of the
UN's membership," he declared. "This can be achieved only through
patient dialogue and general consensus." Musharraf also stressed his
resolution to counter terrorism, saying terrorism "is a primary threat
to world order. We must fight terrorism, in all its forms, outlaw it and
eliminate it."
"We need a comprehensive strategy for success," he said, adding that
it is necessary to redress political and economic injustice so as to
ensure success in eliminating terrorism and extremism. |