Most affected by this modern scourge are developing countries.

This usually occurs 2 3 segments below the level of the lesion.

We must continue to combat that scourge through all means.

Therefore, the United Nations as a whole should confront that vicious malady.

To stop this killer we must attain the Millennium Development Goals.

That will enable us to face that scourge from a multilateral perspective and with a unitary focus.

The local comprehensive health care systems with the highest rates of STDs are usually also the ones most affected by the HIV AIDS epidemic.

It is high time for an urgent collective effort to put an immediate end to that modern scourge.

We support a counter terrorism strategy by which that scourge would be attacked at the root level.

We appreciate the efforts of the United Nations and the contributions of the international community in combating this scourge, particularly in Africa.

We must therefore resolutely confront division, exploitation, exclusion, poverty and hunger, as a result of that scourge.

The intensification of violence and terrorism, despite the joint efforts undertaken for many years to confront that grave scourge, deepens our conviction that the most effective way to deal with terrorism is by unifying our methods for tackling it, thereby strengthening the capacity of the international community to confront terrorism and eradicate its root causes.

However, we do note that issues relating to surveillance and other critical practical measures to combat terrorism need to be addressed along with their high operational costs.

As a country which has long suffered from this scourge, Turkey has been calling for increased international cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

The Government of San Marino condemned international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and was committed to eliminating that devastating affliction.

This has helped to lower not only poverty, but also inequality, Latin America s traditional scourge.

We are convinced that, in order to eradicate that scourge, young people must participate in defining and implementing national and international strategies in that area.

The recent spate of terrorist bombings in various parts of the world is a clear indication that we have to fight that growing scourge with urgency.

In reiterating the determination of the Jordanian Government to pursue the perpetrators and bring them to justice, I reaffirm my country's commitment to cooperating with the Security Council and to stepping up its efforts to combat the scourge of terrorism, in accordance with the United Nations Charter and resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005).

In conclusion, we hope that our deliberations will contribute to enhancing international cooperation in the area of combating this serious scourge in both developing and developed countries.

Trafficking of people, particularly women and children, was a form of modern day slavery, and the international community needed to fight that scourge.

We shall have an opportunity to further refine our response to this scourge during the 2006 review of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms.

In that way, we can deprive terrorism of its breeding ground and eliminate this scourge in order to strengthen international peace and security.

Damaging impacts are caused by a range of destructive fishing techniques and by the ever present scourge of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Cocaine use by high profile entertainers, executives, models, and socialites who flaunt their illicit drug habit certainly does not help. Nor does uncritical reporting by the media.

Damage to the optic tract posterior to the chiasm causes loss of vision in the visual field on the side opposite to the damage.

In this context, we do not understand why there is such a long drawn out process with regard to the creation in Central Asia of an information and coordination centre to fight that evil.

The strategy adopted concentrated on fighting the pest, and insufficient attention was given to mitigating the impact of the infestation on local livelihoods and the environment.

Not only do we resolutely condemn acts of terrorism worldwide we are also implementing specific legislative and practical measures to fight this scourge and prevent its spread.

The success of that strategy will depend largely on the strengthening of international, regional and subregional cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and on the growing role of regional organizations in dealing with this evil.

As for terrorism, this year that ugly scourge struck again on many occasions and has caused thousands of casualties among innocent civilians.

Although the Middle East continues to experience the evils of terrorism, we have been encouraged by the spirit of cooperation that has underscored the international community's efforts to eradicate that scourge.

His country condemned all forms of terrorism, gave its full backing to the international community's efforts to eradicate that plague, and completely endorsed the Security Council's resolutions on the subject.

The scope and complexity of the issue of illicit trafficking in small arms is more than ever before a challenge to the international community to take prompt, effective and bolder measures to curb this scourge.

Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil) This is our first public meeting on terrorism after the tragic events in London reminded us once again of that scourge, as well as of the urgency and necessity of redoubling efforts to combat it.

Recognizing that effective functioning of mechanisms for the prevention, halting and punishment of the crime of genocide is essential for the liberation of humankind from such an odious scourge and that further international cooperation is required in this respect,

Recognizing that effective functioning of mechanisms for the prevention, halting and punishment of the crime of genocide is essential for the liberation of humankind from such an odious scourge and that further international cooperation is required in this respect,

As one of a growing number of countries with first hand experience of a major terrorist attack on its soil, Tanzania's resolve in the war against that scourge has never been stronger, while paying due regard to human rights principles.

Mr. Al Shubaili (Saudi Arabia) said that the worrying upsurge of terrorism affected all countries and societies without distinction and that international cooperation must be stepped up in order to deal with that scourge and its paymasters.

The importance that the law attaches to the elimination of this social scourge can be appreciated from the dissuasive and preventive measures contained in the Penal Code and the Code of Penal Procedure recently adopted by the National Assembly.

The ghastly threat of terrorist attacks which, once more, have revealed in a shocking manner the indiscriminate brutality and cruelty of that scourge is another, sadly recurrent, reminder of the need to update our threat perceptions and appropriately adapt appropriate structures to deal with them.

In order to contain this modern plague on humankind, in 2001 the United Nations adopted the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. Its implementation is of paramount importance.

The United Nations Programme of Action on small arms, adopted in July 2001, is certainly an important step forward in combating this scourge, which feeds armed conflict, particularly in the African continent, and fuels terrorist networks and organized crime.

A whole society or culture must not be condemned for crimes committed by a gang of criminals. The struggle against the dangerous international scourge of terrorism was a collective duty.

It is fitting, therefore, that the 44th Session of the Commission for Social Development take time to evaluate progress that has been made in ending this scourge that afflicts so many and to renew the global commitment to put an end to the poverty that divides and threatens the international community.