UN General Assembly
2014

persons, sexual exploitation, trafficking in young boys and girls and in adolescents, and arms smuggling, among others. With regard to acts committed by terrorist groups all over the world in recent months, my country knows the consequences of such acts very well, and they have been most energetically rejected by my Government. Combating terrorism is a responsibility that the international community must assume within the framework of the law, with full respect for the fundamental rights of all peoples and the sovereignty of States. Regarding the condemnable events that have occurred in several regions of the world, the Government of Peru has expressed its strong rejection of such barbaric and terrorist attacks by extremist groups against the lives of innocent civilian hostages and religious and ethnic minorities. Those intolerable events deserve the firmest condemnation by the international community. Peru is not just a country with its own history; it is also a civilization. Its culture is part of the world heritage of humankind, as recognized by UNESCO. That recognition signifies a universal recognition of