Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

A/RES/53/108View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 155 Measures to eliminate international terrorism, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

33 versions · 1992–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/171

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/171	Measures to eliminate international terrorism	2,843	100%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/129	Measures to eliminate international terrorism	2,842	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/115	Measures to eliminate international terrorism	2,840	94%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/113	Measures to eliminate international terrorism	2,959	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/121	Measures to eliminate international terrorism	2,939	95%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

26 reports · 2002–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/218	Measures to eliminate international terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/50/53A/RES/80/171
2025	A/80/177	Measures to eliminate international terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/50/53A/RES/79/129
2024	A/79/99	Measures to eliminate international terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/50/53A/RES/78/115
2023	A/78/221	Measures to eliminate international terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/50/53A/RES/77/113
2022	A/77/185	Measures to eliminate international terrorism report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/50/53A/RES/76/121

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Conferences Counter-Terrorism Declarations Information Exchange International Cooperation International Criminal Jurisdiction Judicial Assistance Laws and Regulations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Terrorism Terrorism Financing Treaties Work Organization

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Strongly condemns all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomsoever committed;

Reiterates that criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify them;

Reiterates its call upon all States to adopt further measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law, including international standards of human rights, to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism and, to that end, to consider in particular the implementation of the measures set out in paragraphs 3 (a) to (f) of its resolution 51/210;

Also reiterates its call upon all States, with the aim of enhancing the efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and where appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to terrorism and, in so doing, to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;

Reiterates its call upon States to refrain from financing, encouraging, providing training for or otherwise supporting terrorist activities;

Reaffirms that international cooperation as well as actions by States to combat terrorism should be conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and relevant international conventions;

Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to relevant conventions and protocols as referred to in paragraph 6 of resolution 51/210, as well as the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings,⁵ and calls upon all States to enact, as appropriate, domestic legislation necessary to implement the provisions of those conventions and protocols, to ensure that the jurisdiction of their courts enables them to bring to trial the perpetrators of terrorist acts, and to cooperate with and provide support and assistance to other States and relevant international and regional organizations to that end;

⁵Resolution 52/164, annex.

Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism contained in the annex to resolution 49/60 and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism contained in the annex to resolution 51/210, and calls upon all States to implement them;

Takes note of the measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Secretariat to enhance international cooperation and improve the response of Governments to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;

Decides to address at its fifty-fourth session the question of convening a high-level conference in 2000 under the auspices of the United Nations to formulate a joint organized response of the international community to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;

Decides also that the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996 shall continue to elaborate a draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism with a view to completing the instrument, shall elaborate a draft international convention for the suppression of terrorist financing to supplement related existing international instruments, and subsequently shall address means of further developing a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism, including considering, on a priority basis, the elaboration of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism;

Decides further that the Ad Hoc Committee shall meet from 15 to 26 March 1999, devoting appropriate time to the consideration of the outstanding issues relating to the elaboration of a draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism, and that it shall initiate the elaboration of a draft international convention for the suppression of terrorist financing, and recommends that the work continue during the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly from 27 September to 8 October 1999, within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee, and that the Ad Hoc Committee be convened in 2000 to continue its work as referred to in paragraph 11 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Ad Hoc Committee with the necessary facilities for the performance of its work;

Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session in the event of the completion of the draft convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism;

Also requests the Ad Hoc Committee to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on progress made in the implementation of its mandate;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”.

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