Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 108 Measures to eliminate international terrorism, published in 2008.

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’s in this document?

27 operative paragraphs

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

Calls upon all Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate international, regional and subregional organizations to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism StrategyError: Reference source not found in all its aspects at the international, regional, subregional and national levels without delay, including through mobilizing resources and expertise;

Recalls the pivotal role of the General Assembly in following up the implementation and updating of the Strategy, and in this regard also recalls its invitation to the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations of the General Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General when doing so to provide information on relevant activities within the Secretariat to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system;

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 Charter of the United Nations and 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;

Urges States to ensure that their nationals or other persons and entities within their territory that wilfully provide or collect funds for the benefit of persons or entities who commit, or attempt to commit, facilitate or participate in the commission of terrorist acts are punished by penalties consistent with the grave nature of such acts;

Reminds States of their obligations under relevant international conventions and protocols and Security Council resolutions, including Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), to ensure that perpetrators of terrorist acts are brought to justice;

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

Recalls the adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism,¹⁰ the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material,¹¹ the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation¹² and the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf,¹³ and urges all States to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to these instruments;

¹⁰Resolution 59/290, annex.

¹¹Adopted on 8 July 2005 by the Conference to Consider Proposed Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

¹²Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (LEG/CONF.15/21).

¹³Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (LEG/CONF.15/22).

Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider as a matter of priority, and in accordance with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), and Council resolution 1566 (2004) of 8 October 2004, becoming parties to the relevant conventions and protocols as referred to in paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 51/210, as well as the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings,¹⁴ the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,¹⁵ the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, and the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and calls upon all States to enact, as appropriate, the 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;

¹⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2149, No. 37517.

¹⁵Ibid., vol. 2178, No. 38349.

Urges States to cooperate with the Secretary-General and with one another, as well as with interested intergovernmental organizations, with a view to ensuring, where appropriate within existing mandates, that technical and other expert advice is provided to those States requiring and requesting assistance in becoming parties to and implementing the conventions and protocols referred to in paragraph 12 above;

Notes with appreciation and satisfaction that, consistent with the call contained in paragraphs 11 and 12 of resolution 61/40, a number of States became parties to the relevant conventions and protocols referred to therein, thereby realizing the objective of wider acceptance and implementation of those conventions, and, in this regard, welcomes in particular the entry into force on 7 July 2007 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism;

Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, and calls upon all States to implement them;

Calls upon all States to cooperate to prevent and suppress terrorist acts;

Urges all States and the Secretary-General, in their efforts to prevent international terrorism, to make the best use of the existing institutions of the United Nations;

Requests the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna to continue its efforts to enhance, through its mandate, the capabilities of the United Nations in the prevention of terrorism, and recognizes, in the context of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), its role in assisting States in becoming parties to and implementing the relevant international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, including the most recent among them, and in strengthening international cooperation mechanisms in criminal matters related to terrorism, including through national capacity-building;

Welcomes the current efforts by the Secretariat to prepare the third edition of the publication International Instruments related to the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism in all official languages;

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, as well as on intergovernmental meetings held by those organizations;

Notes the progress attained in the elaboration of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism during the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 and the Working Group established by the Sixth Committee during the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, and welcomes continuing efforts to that end;

Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall, on an expedited basis, continue to elaborate the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism, and shall continue to discuss the item included in its agenda by General Assembly resolution 54/110 concerning the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations;

Also decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall meet on 25 and 26 February and 6 March 2008 in order to fulfil the mandate referred to in paragraph 22 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 sixty-second session in the event of the completion of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism;

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

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

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