The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

A/RES/60/288View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 46Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields and 120Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2006–2010

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What subjects does this mandate have?

12 topics

Counter-Terrorism Crime Prevention Human Rights International Organizations International Security Non-Governmental Organizations Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Regional Organizations Resources Mobilization Rule of Law Terrorism

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation for the report entitled “Uniting against terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy” submitted by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly;

Adopts the present resolution and its annex as the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (“the Strategy”);

Decides, without prejudice to the continuation of the discussion in its relevant committees of all their agenda items related to terrorism and counter-terrorism, to undertake the following steps for the effective follow-up of the Strategy:

To launch the Strategy at a high-level segment of its sixty-first session;

To examine in two years progress made in the implementation of the Strategy, and to consider updating it to respond to changes, recognizing that many of the measures contained in the Strategy can be achieved immediately, some will require sustained work through the coming few years and some should be treated as long-term objectives;

To invite the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations of the General Assembly on the review of the implementation and updating of the Strategy;

To encourage Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate international, regional and subregional organizations to support the implementation of the Strategy, including through mobilizing resources and expertise;

To further encourage non-governmental organizations and civil society to engage, as appropriate, on how to enhance efforts to implement the Strategy;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session an item entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”.

I.Measures to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism

II.Measures to prevent and combat terrorism

III.Measures to build States’ capacity to prevent and combat terrorism and to strengthen the role of the United Nations system in this regard

IV.Measures to ensure respect for human rights for all and the rule of law as the fundamental basis of the fight against terrorism

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