UN General Assembly
2014

populations is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years, it has taken on an exceptional dimension. To deal with that situation, we need to change the paradigm and move from a paradigm of classic conventional war to that of the war that takes place among our populations, which, in turn, presupposes that our countries reform their armies. That also presupposes that our countries train special forces that are capable of adapting to the methods of the enemy. In order to eradicate the Islamic State or the Al-Nusra Front in Iraq and Syria, neutralize the jihadist organizations in Libya, overcome Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and Al-Mourabitoun in the Sahel, particularly in Mali, and oust the Al-Shabaab from Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria, the international community needs to establish a shared goal and strategy, working with the countries involved. The common political aim is to defend our democratic institutions and protect our peoples. The strategy would then necessarily have to do with cutting off the sources financing terrorism, whether those sources are States or the drug trade or