Chapter Two What Is International Terrorism? The 1972 Debates on Extremist Violence and National Liberation at the United Nations

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-112
Author(s):  
Forlati Serena

This chapter discusses the contribution of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to ocean governance. Formally established in 2004, UNODC is an office of the United Nations (UN) Secretariat focused on addressing the interrelated issues of drug control, crime prevention and international terrorism in the context of sustainable development and human security. The chapter first provides an overview of UNODC’s history, governance and budget before considering its role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It then examines UNODC’s involvement in ocean governance, particularly in effective prevention and repression of crime at sea, based on the legal frameworks of UNCLOS and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). Finally, it describes two UNODC Programmes that have an impact on the process of ocean management: the Container Control Programme and the Global Maritime Crime Programme.


1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-554
Author(s):  
Virginia Morris ◽  
M.-Christiane Bourloyannis-Vrailas

At the fifty-first session of the General Assembly, the Sixth (Legal) Committee reviewed the annual reports of the International Law Commission (ILC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (Special Committee) and the Committee on Relations with the Host Country (Host Country Committee). The Sixth Committee also considered proposals for two new legal instruments relating to (1) the establishment of a permanent international criminal court, and (2) the non-navigational uses of international watercourses, as well as other topics concerning international terrorism, international humanitarian law, diplomatic and consular law, the United Nations internal justice system, the United Nations Decade of International Law (Decade) and the “New International Economic Order.” The topics are discussed in the order in which they were considered by the committee.


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