The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review
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46. Also calls upon Member States to enhance their efforts in the fight against
the financing of terrorism by addressing the anonymity of transactions and by tracing,
detecting, sanctioning and effectively dismantling illegal money transmitters and
tackling the risks associated with the use of cash, informal remittance sy stems,
prepaid credit and debit cards, cryptoassets and other anonymous means of monetary
or financial transactions, as well as to anticipate and address, as appropriate, the risk
of new financial instruments being abused for the purpose of terrorist finan cing;
47. Recognizes the importance of sharing information within and between
Governments to effectively counter the financing of terrorism, calls upon Member
States, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) of 20 July 2017,
to continue to exercise vigilance over relevant financial transactions and improve
information-sharing capabilities and practices within and between Governments
through multiple authorities and channels, including la w enforcement, intelligence,
security services and financial intelligence units, and also calls upon Member States
to improve the integration and utilization of financial intelligence with other types of
information available to national Governments in ord er to more effectively counter
the terrorist financing threats posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da ’esh),
Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities;
48. Calls upon all States to adopt such measures as may be necessary and
appropriate, and in accordance with their obligations under international law, to
prohibit by law incitement to commit a terrorist act or acts, prevent such conduct and
deny safe haven to any persons with respect to whom there is credible and relevant
information giving serious reasons for considering that they have been guilty of such
conduct;
49. Calls upon Member States to collaborate in the pursuit of developing and
implementing effective counter-narrative strategies, in accordance with Security
Council resolution 2354 (2017) of 24 May 2017, and the comprehensive international
framework to counter terrorist narratives, 9 including those relating to foreign terrorist
fighters, in a manner compliant with their obligations under international law,
including international human rights law, international refugee law and international
humanitarian law;
50. Calls upon all Member States to support international efforts to prevent
terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery,
urges all Member States to take and strengthen national measures, as appropriate, to
prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destructio n, their means of delivery
and related materials, equipment and technologies related to their manufacture, and
encourages cooperation among and between Member States and relevant regional and
international organizations for strengthening national capacitie s in this regard;
51. Recognizes that improvised explosive devices are being increasingly used
in terrorist activities, takes note of the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation
Task Force (Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities) in this regard,
and urges its further attention to the issue of improvised explosive devices in line with
the mandates of the entities;
52. Recalls relevant United Nations resolutions, and reaffirms that Member
States shall eliminate the supply of weapons, including small arms and light weapons,
to terrorists, as well as prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in said weapons,
including their diversion, to terrorists;
53. Calls upon Member States to establish or strengthen national, regional and
international partnerships with stakeholders, both public and private, as appropriate,
to share information and experience in order to prevent, protect against, mitigate,
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