UN General Assembly
1998

eradicated only when its causes, not just its results, are addressed; not by committing similar terrorist acts. We cannot fight terrorism with terrorism. As one Arab poet says: “Practise what you preach. Great shame on you if you do not.” We in Libya condemn terrorist acts, their perpetrators, their sponsors and those who finance them. We are ready to cooperate with all countries that truly want to put an end to terrorism. Libya, in a letter to the Secretary-General dated 9 January 1992 (document A/46/840), was the first to call on the United Nations to convene a special session of the General Assembly to be devoted to international terrorism. In this respect, we wish to note that some people insist, in and out of context, on linking Islam and Muslims to terrorism. This in itself is another kind of 19 terrorism. The very name of Islam is derived from the word salaam, which means “peace”. A person is considered a Muslim when others are safe from his words and his deeds. The greeting of Muslims, when coming or going, is