The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review
A/RES/72/284
65. Encourages all Member States to collaborate with the United Nations
Counter-Terrorism Centre and to contribute to the implementation of its activities
within the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (Global Counter-Terrorism
Coordination Compact entities), including through the development, funding and
implementation of capacity-building projects in order to mobilize a stronger and more
systematic response to terrorism at the national, regional and global levels;
66. Notes with appreciation the activities undertaken in the area of capacitybuilding, including in the areas of countering the financing of terrorism, border
control, maritime and aviation security, and preventing the flow of foreign terrorist
fighters, by United Nations entities, including the United Nations Counter-Terrorism
Centre and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (Global CounterTerrorism Coordination Compact entities), inter alia, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
and INTERPOL, in coordination with other relevant international, regional and
subregional organizations, to assist Member States, upon their request, in
implementing the Strategy, and encourages the Task Force to ensure the focused
delivery of capacity-building assistance, including in the framework of the Integrated
Assistance for Countering Terrorism Initiative;
67. Recalls its resolution 72/194 of 19 December 2017, and notes with
appreciation the ongoing work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to
support Member States in their efforts to prevent and counter terrorism in all its forms
and manifestations in the crime prevention and criminal justice context;
68. Calls upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, including its
Terrorism Prevention Branch, to further enhance, in close consultation with the
Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate, its provision of
technical assistance, upon request, for building the capacity of Member States to
become party to and implement the international conventions and protocols related to
counter-terrorism and relevant United Nations resolutions, including through targeted
programmes and the training of relevant criminal justice and law enforcement
officials, upon request, to develop their capacity to effectively respond to, prevent,
investigate and prosecute terrorist acts, the development of and participation in
relevant initiatives and the development of technical tools and publications, within its
mandate;
69. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, whenever
appropriate, to take into account in its technical assistance to counter terrorism, upon
request, the elements necessary for building national capacity in order to strengthen
criminal justice systems and the rule of law;
70. Stresses the need to continue to provide tangible capacity-building
assistance to Member States in counter-terrorism matters, recognizes in this regard
the need to contribute more resources for capacity-building projects, takes note of the
implementation of the United Nations capacity-building implementation plan for
countering the flow of foreign terrorist fighters by the Counter-Terrorism
Implementation Task Force (Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact
entities), and encourages Member States to provide financial and other assistance to
the Task Force and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre needed for the
effective delivery of the projects mentioned in that plan, in close consultation with
Member States;
71. Calls for the enhanced engagement of Member States with the work of the
Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (Global Counter-Terrorism
Coordination Compact entities);
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