United Nations Radio

The United Nations and other multilateral organizations are needed more urgently than ever to confront the extremist threat.

United States President George W. Bush told the UN General Assembly Tuesday that to be successful we must be focused and resolute and effective.

" Instead of only passing resolutions decrying terrorist attacks after they occur, we must cooperate more closely to keep the terrorist attacks from happening in the first place. Instead of treating all forms of government as equally tolerable we must actively challenge the conditions of tyranny and despair that allow terror and extremists to thrive. Acting together to meet the fundamental challenge of our time we can lead toward a world that is more secure and more prosperous and more hopeful."

Mr. Bush says in the decades ahead, the United Nations and other multilateral organizations must continually confront terror.

And he adds this mission requires clarity of vision.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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