On 8 September, 2006, the General Assembly unanimously adopted the United Nations Global Counter-terrorism Strategy. The Strategy, which united all 192 Member States for the first time behind a common vision, reflected the international community’s resolve to combat the scourge of terrorism. Even prior to the Strategy, the Secretary General, in 2005, established the Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counterterrorism efforts of the United Nations system. In light of the Strategy, the Task Force created nine Working Groups to carry forward key initiatives highlighted in the strategy, in which the Task Force had specific expertise and could provide added value. The creation of the Working Group on “Addressing Radicalisation and Extremism that Lead to Terrorism,” was a response to Member State demand for help in furthering their understanding of what makes a terrorist a terrorist and in identifying effective policies and practices to prevent this from happening.