Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

A/RES/54/110View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 160 Measures to eliminate international terrorism, published in 2000.

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?

11 subjects

Conferences Counter-Terrorism Criminal Jurisdiction Information Dissemination Information Exchange International Instruments Laws and Regulations Nuclear Terrorism Terrorism Terrorism Financing Treaties

What’s in this document?

17 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 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,⁶ 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;

⁶Resolution 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;

Notes the establishment of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the Centre for International Crime Prevention in Vienna, and welcomes its efforts, after reviewing existing possibilities within the United Nations system, to enhance through research and technical cooperation the capabilities of the United Nations in the prevention of terrorism;

Invites States that have not yet done so to submit to the Secretary-General information on their national laws and regulations regarding the prevention and suppression of acts of international terrorism;

Invites regional intergovernmental organizations to submit to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted at the regional level to eliminate international terrorism;

Decides 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 address means of further developing a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism, including considering the elaboration of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism, and shall address the question of convening a high-level conference 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 shall meet from 14 to 18 February 2000, 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 address the question of convening a high-level conference 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, and that the work shall continue, including beginning consideration with a view to the elaboration of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism within a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism, during the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly from 25 September to 6 October 2000, within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee, and that the Ad Hoc Committee shall be convened in 2001 to continue its work;

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-fourth session in the event of the completion of the draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism;

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

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

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