The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review
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72. Requests the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (Global
Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities) to continue its positive efforts in
interacting with Member States, and requests the Office of Counter-Terrorism to
continue to provide quarterly briefings and to provide a periodic workplan, including
the activities of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, and to provide full
transparency to all Member States on its work and programmes;
73. Encourages the Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Global CounterTerrorism Coordination Compact entities to work closely with Member States and
relevant international, regional and subregional organizations to identify and share
best practices to prevent terrorist attacks on potentially vulnerable ta rgets, including
critical infrastructure, and recognizes the importance of developing public -private
partnerships in this area;
74. Underscores the role, within the United Nations, of the Counter-Terrorism
Committee Executive Directorate, including in assessing issues and trends relating to
the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) of 28 September
2001, 1624 (2005) of 14 September 2005 and 2178 (2014), in accordance with its
mandate and Council resolution 2395 (2017) of 21 December 2017, and in sharing
information, as appropriate, with relevant United Nations counter-terrorism bodies
and relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, and calls upon the
Office of Counter-Terrorism, all other relevant United Nations funds and
programmes, Member States, donors and recipients to use expert assessments and
recommendations of the Directorate as they design technical assistance and capacity building efforts, including in furthering the balanced implementation of the Strategy
across all four of its pillars, except when requested by the assessed Member States to
keep selected information confidential;
75. Calls for greater coordination and coherence among the United Nations
entities and with stakeholders, including donors, host countries and recipients of
counter-terrorism capacity-building, including in developing and maintaining
effective and rule of law-based criminal justice systems, and also calls for dialogue
to be enhanced among all stakeholders, with a view to placing national perspectives
at the centre of such capacity-building in order to strengthen national ownership,
while recognizing that rule of law activities must be anchored in a national context
and that States have different national experiences in the development of their
criminal justice systems, taking into account their legal, political, socioeconomic,
cultural, religious and other local specificities, while also recognizing that there are
common features founded on international norms and standards;
76. Calls upon Member States and the United Nations entities involved in
supporting counter-terrorism efforts to continue to facilitate the promotion and
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as due process and the
rule of law, while countering terrorism, and in this regard expresses serio us concern
at the occurrence of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as
of international refugee and humanitarian law, committed in the context of countering
terrorism;
77. Reiterates that, given their potential status as victims of terrorism as well
as of other violations of international law, all children alleged to have, accused of
having or recognized as having infringed the law, particularly those who are deprived
of their liberty, as well as child victims and witnesses of crim es, should be treated in
a manner consistent with their rights, dignity and needs, in accordance with applicable
international law, in particular obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, 11 and, bearing in mind relevant international standards on human rights in the
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