Role of International Organisations in Combatting Terrorism

Abstract

Roots and developments to present UN system for combating terrorism starting long before existence of UN are reviewed. Various forms of international crime as a base for terrorism are shown, inter alia illicit trafficking with drugs and weapons, money laundering, corruption, trafficking with human beings and like and response in build-up the UN system, headed by the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), its Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) and the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) established recently. Information on the role, functions and programmes of those bodies are presented. KEY WORDS International terrorism, narcotic drugs, crime prevention, combating terrorism, terrorism prevention, UNO, UNDCP, ODCCP, CICP, TPB

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013396

Entities

People

  • Jiri Matousek

Organizations

  • Brno University of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Counterterrorism
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Drug Abuse
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Societies
  • Street Drugs
  • Terrorism
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • United Nations

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.