United Nations A/RES/58/81 General Assembly Distr.: General 8 January 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 156 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/58/518)] 58/81. Measures to eliminate international terrorism The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, 1 Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 Recalling further all General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on measures to eliminate international terrorism, Convinced of the importance of the consideration of measures to eliminate international terrorism by the General Assembly as the universal organ having competence to do so, Deeply disturbed by the persistence of terrorist acts, which have been carried out worldwide, Reaffirming its strong condemnation of the heinous acts of terrorism that have caused enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage, including those which prompted the adoption of General Assembly resolution 56/1 of 12 September 2001, as well as Security Council resolutions 1368 (2001) of 12 September 2001, 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001 and 1377 (2001) of 12 November 2001, and those that have occurred since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 57/27 of 19 November 2002, Recalling its strong condemnation of the atrocious and deliberate attack against the headquarters of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq in Baghdad on 19 August 2003 in General Assembly resolution 57/338 of 15 September 2003 and Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003, Stressing the need to strengthen further international cooperation among States and among international organizations and agencies, regional organizations and arrangements and the United Nations in order to prevent, combat and eliminate _______________ 1 2 03 45777 See resolution 50/6. See resolution 55/2.