The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

A/RES/64/297View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 115 The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2006–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	A/RES/64/297	The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy	1,058	69%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/272	The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy	870	9%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/288	The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy	4,115	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Counter-Terrorism International Cooperation Terrorism Treaties

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its strong and unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes, as it constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security;

Reaffirms the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its four pillars, which constitute an ongoing effort, and calls upon Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate international, regional and subregional organizations to step up their efforts to implement the Strategy in an integrated manner and in all its aspects;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: activities of the United Nations system in implementing the Strategy”;²

²A/64/818 and Corr.1.

Also takes note of the measures that Member States and relevant international, regional and subregional organizations have adopted within the framework of the Strategy, as presented in the report of the Secretary-General and at the second biennial review of the Strategy, on 8 September 2010, all of which strengthen cooperation to fight terrorism, including through the exchange of best practices;

Reaffirms the primary responsibility of Member States to implement the Strategy, while further recognizing the need to enhance the important role that the United Nations, including the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, plays, in coordination with other international, regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate, in facilitating and promoting coordination and coherence in the implementation of the Strategy at the national, regional and global levels and in providing assistance, upon request by Member States, especially in the area of capacity-building;

Encourages civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to engage, as appropriate, in efforts to enhance the implementation of the Strategy, including through interaction with Member States and the United Nations system;

Calls upon the United Nations entities involved in supporting counter-terrorism efforts to continue to facilitate the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as due process and the rule of law, while countering terrorism;

Calls upon States that have not done so to consider becoming parties in a timely manner to the existing international conventions and protocols against terrorism, and upon all States to make every effort to conclude a comprehensive convention on international terrorism, and recalls the commitments of Member States with regard to the implementation of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions relating to international terrorism;

Notes with appreciation the continued contribution of United Nations entities and subsidiary bodies of the Security Council to the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force;

Underlines, in that regard, the importance of greater cooperation among United Nations entities and of the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system, as well as the need to continue promoting transparency and to avoid duplication in their work;

Reaffirms the need for enhanced dialogue among the counter-terrorism officials of Member States to promote international, regional and subregional cooperation and wider dissemination of knowledge of the Strategy in order to counter terrorism, and in that regard recalls the role of the United Nations system, in particular the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, in promoting international cooperation and capacity-building as elements of the Strategy;

Welcomes the progress achieved towards finalizing the institutionalization of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, in accordance with resolution 64/235;

Calls for the enhanced engagement of Member States with the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force;

Encourages the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force to develop a comprehensive website in order to ensure that its work is made accessible to a wider audience;

Requests the secretariat of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force to interact with Member States, including by providing quarterly briefings and comprehensive reports on the current and future work of the Task Force, in order to ensure transparency and to enable Member States to assess the work being undertaken by the Task Force and provide policy guidance and feedback on Strategy implementation efforts;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, no later than April 2012, a report on progress made in the implementation of the Strategy, which could contain suggestions for its future implementation by the United Nations system, as well as on progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy” in order to undertake, by June 2012, an examination of the report of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 16 above, as well as the implementation of the Strategy by Member States, and to consider updating the Strategy to respond to changes.

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