The United Nations Response
The Security Council adopts wide-ranging measures to combat terrorism. The General Assembly holds a week-long debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism.

Perspectives
Recent initiatives on combating international terrorism :
Ambassadors Kamalesh Sharma of India, Hasmy Agam of Malaysia and Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation

Visit to ‘Ground Zero’
Gillian Martin Sorenson recounts her visit to the site of the World Trade Centre disaster.

An International Perspective on Global Terrorism
Academics from UN University look at the civilizational imperatives in the collective fight against terrorism
Hans van Ginkel and Ramesh Thakur

International Instruments Against Terrorism
Twelve conventions and protocols already exist. Two more are currently under consideration, including a comprehensive convention on international terrorism.

Lighting Candles for the Missing

‘Do You Not See the Heart in the Stars?’
Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.

‘We Need Jazz More Than Ever’
Lawri Lala Moore

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In Focus: Fighting terrorism
UN action against terrorism

Hope’s Edge: Finding Our Path in Uncertain Times
As a planet, we are moving in two contradictory directions at once. For women, this paradox is especially acute.
Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé

Touching Human Freedoms and the World’s Economy
As the Food and Agriculture Organization approaches its 70th birthday, we look at the forces and trends that affect the work of alleviating hunger.

Food Security: The Challenge Remains
Jacques Diouf

Nurturing Economic Growth through Nutrition
“The impact of nutrition on labour productivity, health and education ultimately filters through to higher levels of overall economic growth.”

The Chronicle Essay
Networks of Institutions, Networks of Solutions
M.S. Swaminathan writes about bridging the Nutrition Divide.

The Real Cost of Hunger
Former U.S. presidential candidate George McGovern discusses the global effects of hunger.

Special Focus on Asia
In India, Project Nashta
In Thailand, the Basics of Need
K. Tontisirin, G. Nantel and L. Bhattacharjee

Not a Lack of Food But a Lack of Access
C. Gopalan

UNconventional: A Point of View
‘Good’ Globalization
Joachim von Braun

Global Agricultural Trade in the New Century: Moving Forward or Retreating?
Stefan Tangermann

Dams and Development: Harnessing Collective Energies
Kader Asmal

System Watch: Hunger Keeps People Poor
Annette Ifill

Focus: FAO Special Programme for Food Security

Focus on the Nile
Cooperation Is Not a Zero-sum Game
Seifeselassie Lemma
River of Hope and Promise
Mahmoud Abu Zeid

Reflections: Like ‘an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal’?
Jacques Diouf

Why Did the California Sardine Disappear? (and Other Mysteries of the Deep)
Giulio Pontecorvo

Collaborative Partnership on Forests