Mephisto2

Despite this being a blatant troll, I'll respond.


UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - http://www.unodc.org/unodc/index.html
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is mandated to assist member countries in their fight against the illicit drug trade, crime and especially transnational criminal and terrorist organizations and the struggle against terrorism itself. The UNODC works closely with the CTC (Counter Terrorism Committe) and provides active assistance and programmes to all members in drafting legislation, sharing information and intelligence and monitoring terrorist activities across the globe. "A detailed description of UNODC’s activities may be found in the Report of the Secretary-General “Strengthening international cooperation and technical assistance in preventing and combating terrorism” submitted to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its thirteenth session (E/CN.15/2004/8)http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf.../2004/8&Lang=E.

A significant amount of further information is also available at the UN Action Against Terrorism site. http://www.un.org/terrorism/


UNIDIR - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research - www.unidir.org
Article 26 of the United Nations Charter calls for 'the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources'. To that aim, the UNIDIR was founded to help the world promote peace and disarmament. "Working with researchers, diplomats, government officials, NGOs and other institutions, UNIDIR acts as a bridge between the research community and United Nations Member States."


IAEA - International Atomic Energey Agency - www.iaea.org
The International Atomic Engergy Agency should be known to almost everyone here. It's been in the news quite a bit recently. Not only does it act to prevent nuclear proliferation and nuclear weapons falling into terrorist hands, but it also helps ensure the safe use [sic] of nuclear power across the globe. The IAEA organizes its activies around "three pillars": Safety and Security; Science and Technology; and Safeguards and Verification. A WhitePaper on the aspects of nuclear weapons and terrorists, and the IAEA's efforts to combat same, can be found at http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus...proliferation&

The IAEA also provides "inspectors" who monitor nuclear facilities to ensure they do not produce nuclear weapons, fuel that can be used in weapons or equipment that can be used to produce weapons. The IAEA is also the body that validates whether countries are abiding by the NNPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)


CTBTO - Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization - http://www.ctbto.org/
"The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a cornerstone of the international regime on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and an essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament. Its total ban of any nuclear weapon test explosion will constrain the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and end the development of advanced new types of these weapons." The CTBTO is working towards ensuring full ratification of this important treaty, which will aid in limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Please don't go on about how the US doesn't intend to sign this treaty. It's not something to be proud of.


OPCW - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - www.opcw.org
The Organization for the Prohibtion of Chemical Weapons is mandated to assist member countries in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention.

"The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an international treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons and aims to eliminate chemical weapons, everywhere in the world, forever.

The Convention provides the basis for the OPCW to monitor the destruction of existing stocks of chemical weapons and the facilities used to produce chemical weapons, as well as by checking many industrial sites to ensure that new chemical weapons are not produced. The OPCW also promotes international cooperation and the exchange of scientific and technical information, so that people and governments can benefit from the peaceful uses of chemistry.

Each country that is a member of the OPCW commits itself never to:
use chemical weapons;
develop, produce, acquire, or keep chemical weapons, or transfer chemical weapons to anyone, anywhere in the world; or
assist or encourage, in any way, anything that is prohibited by the Convention.

The destruction of all existing chemical weapons, and the destruction or conversion for peaceful purposes of the facilities used to produce them, is a major goal of the Chemical Weapons Convention and an important aspect of the work of the OPCW. By destroying these weapons and the means of making them, the OPCW strives to ensure that never again can chemical weapons be produced to injure or kill people anywhere in the world."

The US is a supporter of the CWC. At least, it was when I last checked.


DPKO - United Nations Department of Peackeeping Organizations - http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/index.asp
Internationally sponsored and essential peace keeping activities are being undertaken, under the auspices of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Organizations, in the following countries:

Burundi
Cote D'Ivoire
Liberia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Sierra Leone
Western Sahara
Haiti
East Timor
India
Pakistan
Cyprus
Georgia
Kosovo
The Golan Heights
Lebannon
The Middle East

Details on UN peace keeping force's casualties and the particulars of each of the above missions can be provided if you want. The United States military are proud members of several of these missions. You do them a disservice with you disrespectful comment.


I could go on, but I think I've made my point.

Now someone HAS mentioned "security/terrorism/world peace".



Mr Mephisto