A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/108 26 January 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 155 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/53/636)] 53/108. Measures to eliminate international terrorism The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling all its relevant resolutions, including resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, by which it adopted the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, and resolutions 50/53 of 11 December 1995, 51/210 of 17 December 1996 and 52/165 of 15 December 1997, Recalling also the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,1 Deeply disturbed by the persistence of terrorist acts, which have been carried out worldwide, Stressing the need to strengthen further international cooperation between States and between international organizations and agencies, regional organizations and arrangements and the United Nations in order to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, Mindful of the need to enhance the role of the United Nations and the relevant specialized agencies in combating international terrorism, and of the proposals of the Secretary-General to enhance the role of the Organization in this respect, 1 See resolution 50/6. 99-76267 /...