Leaders united on terrorism but divided on reform

WORLD leaders united yesterday to demand a global ban on incitement to terrorism but they fell short of ambitions for a fundamental reform of the United Nations at a summit on its 60th anniversary.

The 15-member Security Council, a symbol of the inability to adapt the world organisation to the 21st century, held a rare top-level session to adopt a resolution on terrorism proposed by Britain following the July 7 London bombings.

“We have a solemn obligation to stop terrorism at its early stages,” US President George W Bush said.