United Nations
A/RES/59/153
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 February 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 96
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/494)]
59/153. Strengthening international cooperation and technical
assistance in promoting the implementation of the
universal conventions and protocols related to
terrorism within the framework of the activities
of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions on the prevention and suppression of
terrorism, as well as Security Council resolutions 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999,
1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001, 1377 (2001) of 12 November 2001 and
1456 (2003) of 20 January 2003,
Recalling also its resolution 56/1 of 12 September 2001, in which it strongly
condemned the heinous acts of terrorism of 11 September 2001 and urgently called
for international cooperation to prevent and eradicate acts of terrorism, and its
resolution 57/27 of 19 November 2002, in which it also condemned those in Bali
and Moscow, as well as Security Council resolutions 1450 (2002) of 13 December
2002, 1465 (2003) of 13 February 2003, 1516 (2003) of 20 November 2003 and
1530 (2004) of 11 March 2004 condemning in the strongest terms the bomb attacks
in Kikambala, Kenya, in Bogotá, in Istanbul, Turkey, and in Madrid, respectively,
and expressing its deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims of terrorist
attacks and their families,
Condemning the acts of violence perpetrated in many parts of the world
against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, in
particular deliberate attacks, which are in violation of international humanitarian
law as well as other international law that may be applicable, such as the attack
against the headquarters of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq in
Baghdad on 19 August 2003,
Recalling its resolutions 58/136 and 58/140 of 22 December 2003, in which it,
inter alia, encouraged the activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime within its mandates in the area of preventing terrorism by providing Member
States, upon request, with technical assistance, specifically to implement the
universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism, thereby strengthening
international cooperation in preventing and combating terrorism, working in close
coordination with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to
resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism (the Counter-Terrorism
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