Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

A/RES/72/123View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 109 Measures to eliminate international terrorism, published in 2017.

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?

4 subjects

Counter-Terrorism International Cooperation Terrorism Terrorism Financing

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 Strategy,1 as well as the resolutions relating to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth biennial reviews of the Strategy,¹⁰ in all its aspects at the international, regional, subregional and national levels without delay, including by mobilizing resources and expertise;

¹⁰Resolutions 62/272, 64/297, 66/282, 68/276 and 70/291.

Recalls the pivotal role of the General Assembly in following up the implementation and the updating of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, looks forward to the sixth biennial review, in 2018, and in this regard recalls its invitation to the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations of the 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 General Assembly 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;

Expresses concern at the increase in incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking with demands for ransom and/or political concessions by terrorist groups, and expresses the need to address this issue;

Expresses grave concern over the acute and growing threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters, namely, individuals who travel to a State other than their States of residence or nationality for the purpose of the perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, terrorist acts or providing or receiving terrorist training, including in connection with armed conflict, emphasizes the need for States to address this issue, including through the implementation of their international obligations, and underlines the importance of United Nations capacity-building and facilitation of capacity-building in accordance with existing mandates to assist States, including those in the most affected regions, upon their request;

Emphasizes the need for States to cooperate resolutely against international terrorism by taking speedy and effective measures to eliminate this scourge, and in this regard calls upon all States, in accordance with their obligations under applicable international law and the Charter, to deny safe haven and bring to justice or, where appropriate, extradite, on the basis of the principle of extradite or prosecute, the perpetrators of terrorist acts or any person who supports, facilitates or participates or attempts to participate in the financing, planning or preparation of terrorist acts;

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 Council resolution 1373 (2001), to ensure that perpetrators of terrorist acts are brought to justice, and recalls the General Assembly resolutions on measures to eliminate international terrorism;

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,¹¹ the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material,¹² the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation¹³ 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,¹⁴ and urges all States to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to these instruments;

¹¹United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2445, No. 44004.

¹²Adopted on 8 July 2005 by the Conference to Consider and Adopt Proposed Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (International Atomic Energy Agency, document GOV/INF/2005/10-GC(49)/INF/6, attachment).

¹³Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (International Maritime Organization, document LEG/CONF.15/21).

¹⁴Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (International Maritime Organization, document 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,¹⁵ the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,¹⁶ 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 national 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, regional and subregional organizations to that end;

¹⁵United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2149, No. 37517.

¹⁶Ibid., 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 15 above;

Notes with appreciation and satisfaction that, consistent with the call contained in paragraphs 14 and 15 of General Assembly resolution 71/151 of 13 December 2016, 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;

Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 49/60, and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to Assembly resolution 51/210, 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;

Welcomes the newly established Office of Counter-Terrorism;

Notes that the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre is performing its duties within the Office of Counter-Terrorism and that the Centre is supporting the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and encourages all Member States to collaborate with the Centre and to contribute to the implementation of its activities within the Office;

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;

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;

Decides to recommend that the Sixth Committee, at the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, establish a working group with a view to finalizing the process on the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism as well as discussions on the item included in its agenda by Assembly resolution 54/110 concerning the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations;

Recognizes the valuable dialogue and efforts of Member States towards resolving any outstanding issues, and encourages all Member States to redouble their efforts during the intersessional period;

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

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