Countering the Threat Posed by Improvised Explosive Devices

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97 General and complete disarmament, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2015–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/53

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/53	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices	3,618	37%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/64	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices	3,631	87%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/59	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices	3,219	95%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/67	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices	3,298	89%Compare
2017	A/RES/72/36	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices	3,034	71%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2016–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/253	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/53
2024	A/79/211	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/64
2020	A/75/175	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/67
2018	A/73/156	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/72
2016	A/71/187	Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/46

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Information Exchange Landmines Military Explosives Regional Security Terrorism

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Strongly urges States to develop and implement, where appropriate, all necessary national measures to promote the exercise of vigilance by their nationals, persons subject to their jurisdiction and firms incorporated in their territory or subject to their jurisdiction that are involved in the production, sale, supply, purchase, transfer and storage of precursor components and materials that could be used to make improvised explosive devices;

Strongly encourages States, where appropriate, to develop and adopt their own national policy to counter improvised explosive devices that includes civilian-military cooperation, to strengthen their countermeasure capability to combat illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients in their use of improvised explosive devices, and notes that the policy could include measures to support international and regional efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate attacks using improvised explosive devices and their widespread consequences;

Encourages States to enhance, as appropriate, international and regional cooperation, including the sharing of information on good practices as appropriate and where relevant, in cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), in order to address the theft, diversion, loss and illicit use of materials for making improvised explosive devices, while ensuring the security of sensitive information shared;

Also encourages States to also take measures to stem the transfer of knowledge of improvised explosive devices and their construction and use by illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients, as well as the illicit acquisition of components over the Internet;

Further encourages States to participate, in accordance with their obligations and commitments, in the ongoing work on improvised explosive devices by the informal group of experts under the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Amended Protocol II)Error: Reference source not found to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects;Error: Reference source not found

Encourages States to participate, as appropriate, in a comprehensive and coordinated community of action to counter improvised explosive devices in accordance with their respective international obligations and commitments, and to consider supporting the Programme Global Shield, the proposal for a counter-improvised explosive device global alliance emanating from the inaugural International Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Leaders’ Forum and other multilateral and regional efforts;

Encourages States and international, regional and other organizations with relevant expertise and that are in a position to do so to render technical, financial and material assistance to interested States upon their request aimed at strengthening the capacity of such States to counter the threat of improvised explosive devices, including through assistance for developing good practices for the protection of civilians from attacks using improvised explosive devices, and to provide appropriate assistance to the victims of such attacks;

Encourages States to respond to the needs of today’s peacekeepers to operate in new threat environments involving improvised explosive devices, including providing, in consultation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat, the appropriate training, capabilities, information and knowledge management and technology that is required to counter improvised explosive devices, and to ensure that adequate financial resources are allocated to meet such needs;

Recognizes that improvised explosive devices are used in terrorist activities, takes note of the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, and urges its further attention to the issue of improvised explosive devices in line with the mandates of its associated entities;

Urges Member States to fully comply with all relevant United Nations resolutions, including those related to the prevention of the use and access by terrorist groups of materials that can be used in the making of improvised explosive devices;⁸

⁸Including Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 2160 (2014), 2161 (2014) and 2199 (2015).

Stresses the need for States to take appropriate measures to strengthen their own national ammunition stockpile management in order to prevent the diversion of materials for making improvised explosive devices to illicit markets, illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients, and encourages the application of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines for the safer and more secure management of ammunition stockpiles, while also recognizing the importance of capacity-building in this regard;⁹

⁹The General Assembly, in its resolution 66/42, welcomed the completion of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines and the establishment of the “SaferGuard” knowledge resource management programme for the stockpile management of conventional ammunition.

Encourages States and relevant international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to continue to build upon existing awareness and risk education campaigns regarding the urgent threat of improvised explosive devices;

Encourages States and relevant international and regional organizations to engage, as appropriate, business entities in discussions and initiatives on countering improvised explosive devices, including on issues such as accountability for dual-use components, improving the regulation of explosive precursors, where possible and as appropriate, strengthening security for the transport of explosives and at explosive facilities, as well as enhancing the vetting procedures for personnel with access to explosives, while avoiding undue restrictions on the legitimate use of and access to such materials;

Strongly encourages States to share information on a voluntary basis on the diversion of commercial-grade explosives and commercially available detonators to the illicit trade, and transfers to illegal armed groups, terrorists and other unauthorized recipients;

Takes into account the existing initiatives at the international, regional and national levels to counter improvised explosive devices, and encourages the engagement by States in an open and inclusive dialogue on steps forward to harmonize diverse ongoing efforts;

Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to prepare a report on the issue of improvised explosive devices in the light of the present resolution, acknowledging and taking into account existing efforts already being undertaken and seeking the views of Member States, and to provide in his report initial building blocks and recommendations for ways forward on this issue for consideration by the General Assembly at its seventy-first session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, a sub-item entitled “Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices”.

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