Collective Inarticulation. That’s the only technical term that can possibly describe the United Nations inability to draft a definition of Terrorism. The Economist offers a great synopsis of the UN’s latest display of impotence:

The draft says “we strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms”, and calls on the General Assembly to finish drafting a convention on terrorism this year. But in the end, the negotiators failed in their main task: to define terrorism. An earlier draft included strong language that “deliberate and unlawful targeting and killing cannot be justified or legitimised by any cause or grievance…Any such action intended to cause death or serious bodily harm…to intimidate a population or to compel a government…cannot be justified on any grounds.” But developing countries wanted a declaration that the fight against terrorism should not be used as an excuse to crush “the legitimate right of peoples under foreign occupation to struggle for their independence”—a nod to militants in places like Iraq and the West Bank. This was rejected by other countries, and in the end the terrorism section included no definition.

The bickering and posturing that constitutes this UN draft process is already so absurd and pointless that no further commentary could expose the UN members to be any more ridiculous than their work product already demonstrates.