NEW YORK – Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United NationsMaleeha Lodhi has stressed the need for developing preventive approaches tocurb the spread of terrorism and violent extremism, reported by *RadioPakistan.*link>

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She was addressing a meeting of fifteen countries representing all regionsof the world, which was organized by Pakistan ahead of next month’s reviewof “the United Nations’ Counter Terrorism Strategy”.

Maleeha Lodhi said Pakistan fully supports the idea of developing countermessaging to address the issue of violent extremism.

However, she said evolving a comprehensive preventive approach is notpossible without assessing the root causes responsible for violentextremism.

The UN’s Counter Terrorism Strategy is aimed at updating the document tomore effectively combating the terrorist threat by the internationalcommunity.