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Synopsis Terrorism has acquired global dimensions and has become a challenge for the entire world. It has made its target the person, property, places and communications in a bid to paralyse the individual liberty and dignity of person on one hand and peace and security on earth on the other hand. Terrorist organizations are funded by various vested interest which are both national and international. The countries like USA and UK have faced the onslaught of international terrorism much less than India have put comprehensive anti-terrorism laws on their statute books. Several other countries are gearing up to effect necessary changes in their statute books. Several other countries are gearing up to effect necessary changes in their exiting laws to deal with the problem of terrorism. The United Nations has framed various conventions on terrorism besides the regional conventions. Divided into four and four appendices this book not only covers the all regional conventions and United Nations Conventions and United Nations Conventions on terrorism but also provides broad coverage of all major forms of terrorism but also provides broad coverage of all major forms of terrorism and highlights the terrorist activities and high technology in the modern context apart form nationalistic and ethnic terrorism. This book is immensely useful not only to those who wants to improve their knowledge in the field of UN and regional conventions on terrorism put also handful to law enforcement agencies, research-scholars and students.