A/RES/72/284
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review
36. Recalls Security Council resolutions 2178 (2014) of 24 September 2014
and 2396 (2017) of 21 December 2017, and reaffirms the need to strengthen efforts
to address the evolving threat of foreign terrorist fighters;
37. Calls upon Member States to strengthen cooperation at the international,
regional, subregional and bilateral levels to counter the threat posed by foreign
terrorist fighters, including through enhanced operational and timely informationsharing, recalling in this regard that Member States should notify the relevant
authorities, in a timely manner, upon travel, departure, arrival or deportati on of
captured or detained individuals whom they have reasonable grounds to believe are
foreign terrorist fighters, pursuant to Security Council resolution 2396 (2017),
logistical support, as appropriate, and capacity-building activities, to share and adopt
best practices to identify foreign terrorist fighters, to prevent the travel of foreign
terrorist fighters from, into or through Member States, to prevent the financing,
mobilization, recruitment and organization of foreign terrorist fighters, and to
strengthen international and regional cooperation in information-sharing and
evidence-gathering, and calls upon law enforcement and criminal justice authorities
to better counter the threat of returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters, to
counter violent extremism conducive to terrorism and radicalization to terrorism, to
enhance efforts to implement deradicalization programmes and to ensure that any
person who participates in the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of
terrorist acts or in the supporting of terrorist acts or in providing funds to terrorists is
brought to justice, in compliance with obligations under international law, as well as
applicable domestic law;
38. Calls upon all States to use applicable international instruments to whi ch
they are parties, as appropriate, as a basis for mutual legal assistance and, as
appropriate, for extradition in terrorism cases, and encourages States, in the absence
of applicable conventions or provisions, to cooperate where possible on the basis of
reciprocity or on a case-by-case basis;
39. Calls upon all Member States, in accordance with their obligations under
international law, to cooperate in efforts to address the threat posed by foreign
terrorist fighters, including by preventing the radicalization to terrorism and
recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters, preventing the movement of foreign terrorist
fighters across their borders, including through enhanced border security and controls
on issuance of identity papers and travel documents, disrupting and preventing
financial support to foreign terrorist fighters and developing and implementing
prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies, taking into account gender
and age dimensions, for returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their
families, underscores in this regard the importance of a whole-of-government
approach, recognizes the role that civil society organizations can play as they may
have relevant knowledge of, access to and engagement with local communitie s, to be
able to confront the challenges of recruitment and radicalization to terrorism, notes
that children may be especially vulnerable to radicalization to violence and in need
of particular psychosocial support, such as post-trauma counselling, while stressing
that children need to be treated in a manner that respects their rights and protects their
dignity, in accordance with applicable international law, and in this regard encourages
all Member States to develop effective strategies to deal with returnees, including
through repatriation, in accordance with relevant international obligations and
national law;
40. Expresses concern that international networks have been established by
terrorist organizations that facilitate the travel of foreign terrorist fighters to conflict
zones, and calls upon all Member States to take appropriate measures to dismantle
such networks, in accordance with their international obligations;
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