UN General Assembly
2001

than 2,190 small-scale projects; and the large-scale return of displaced persons and refugees to their normal domicile. Furthermore, the establishment of a high commission responsible for reintegrating former combatants, a Committee for the follow-up of the convention on peace and reconstruction in the Congo, and a national committee to eradicate poverty all form part of this momentum for the consolidation of peace. Our work will long continue to reflect the painful background against which it is taking place — the terrorist attacks. We have committed ourselves — rightly, unanimously and resolutely — to fighting this scourge. But this means that we must eradicate anything that might be used as a pretext for acts of blind destruction. To decrease tension throughout the world is to deal with situations that can foster terrorism. But we should remember that an apparently local crisis can have repercussions very far away — sometimes even at the global level. In this context, globalization must not be seen solely in economic and commercial terms. In reality, we are talking about the