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Terrorism officials from dozens of countries came to the United Nations in New York for a two-day meeting of the General Assembly ( 4-5 September 2008) to review their governments' implementation of the U.N. Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted in 2006. The meeting provided an opportunity for The Century Foundation and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation to organize a luncheon roundtable to allow candid discussion among those officials, U.N. representatives, U.S. representatives, and terrorism experts on "Counter-Terrorism and the International Community: Waxing Fatigue, Waning Commitment?" on Friday, September 5.
The discussion explored the political priority of counterterrorism as an international issue seven eventful years after the World Trade Center attacks, the readiness of governments to work together – bilaterally or multilaterally – to deal with violent networks, and the obstacles to effective action both in the United Nations and among individual governments. The discussion was led by a panel composed of:
- Frank Cilluffo, Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington University, and former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
- Ashraf Mohsen, Deputy assistant foreign minister for counterterrorism of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- Marty Natalegawa, Permanent representative of Indonesia to the United Nations and vice-chair of the Security Council's WMD (“1540”) committee
Co-moderated by:
- Jeffrey Laurenti, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Policy Programs, The Century Foundation
- Eric Rosand, Senior Fellow, Center on Global Counter-terrorism Cooperation
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