'Unity, solidarity and collaboration' can turn tide on terrorism, bolster human rights, says UN chief 11/18/2017 12:53:55 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Secretary-General António Guterres delivers lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London UN News Center, 16 November 2017  – Noting that at least 11,000 terrorist attacks occurred in more than 100 countries last year,  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed on Thursday that “terrorism is fundamentally the denial and destruction of human rights.” “Terrorism has been unfortunately with us in various forms across ages and continents,” Mr. Guterres said in a lecture on counter-terrorism and human rights at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. “But modern terrorism is being waged on an entirely different scale, and notably its geographic span. No country can claim to be immune,” he added. Last year,...