Pakistan proposes plan to address root causes of terrorism for world peace

LANDIKOTAL:President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed a 5-point plan aimed at eliminating the root causes of terrorism, and called for unity among nations to build a world of peace and stability.
"Let us hit the causes of the terrorist menace, not condemn its innocent victims," he said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly's High-Level meeting on Culture of peace on Thursday, the second day of the conference.
"As the elected representative of 180 million Pakistanis - suffering from this menace of hatred - I reject those who would divide us and rally around those who would unite us as creations of the one and only God," he told more than 70 world leaders and their representatives participating in the inter-faith dialogue.
The two-day meeting, which ends tonight, will take action on a draft resolution, submitted by Philippines and Pakistan, under which the 192-member assembly would affirm that mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue were important components of the culture of peace.
Paying high tributes to King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia for his initiative in convening the conference, President Zardari called for a consensus on the plan, which he called 'international agenda', outlined by him. Ther plan must ensure:
-- Hate speech aimed at inciting people against any religion must be unacceptable;
-- Injustice and discrimination on the mere basis of one's faith must be discouraged --- not only in words but through meaningful actions;
-- Bigotry manifested in Islamophobia and anti-Semitism must be combated;
-- Dialogue, and not discord, between civilizations and faiths must be encouraged, and;
-- Nations with little resources caught in the crossfire of extremism should be helped, strengthened and aided by the international community.