October 12, 2006

Statement of the African Group on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

The African Group, which consists of 53 member states, spoke on eliminating terrorism to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly. They would not use the word "terrorism" to describe Hamas' targeting Israeli children with suicide bombs, or in UN-eze: "The legitimate struggles of people under colonial or foreign occupation for self-determination and naitonal liberation, does not constitute terrorism."