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Committee) and the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, as well as with
international, regional and subregional organizations and specialized agencies,
Mindful of its resolution 58/81 of 9 December 2003, in which it welcomed the
efforts of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime to enhance, through its mandate, the capabilities of the United Nations in
the prevention of terrorism and recognized, in the context of Security Council
resolution 1373 (2001), the role of the Branch in assisting States to become parties
to and implement the relevant international conventions and protocols related to
terrorism,
Recalling Security Council resolution 1535 (2004) of 26 March 2004
concerning enhancement of the ability of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to
monitor the implementation of Council resolution 1373 (2001),
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the
Challenges of the Twenty-first Century, 1 which emanated from the Tenth United
Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held
in Vienna from 10 to 17 April 2000,
Noting with appreciation the issuance, in all the official languages of the
United Nations, of the Legislative Guide to the Universal Anti-Terrorism
Conventions and Protocols, 2 which was reviewed by an expert group hosted by the
International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Siracusa, Italy,
from 3 to 5 December 2002,
Noting with appreciation also the guidelines for technical assistance within the
framework of international cooperation against terrorism, which were formulated
and reviewed during an expert group meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa,
from 24 to 27 February 2004, 3
Deeply concerned that acts of international terrorism continue to be
perpetrated, endangering the lives and well-being of individuals worldwide, as well
as the peace and security of all States,
Reaffirming its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, in accordance with the
principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the relevant
international conventions,
Recalling that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to combat
terrorism comply with all their obligations under international law and that such
measures are adopted in accordance with international law, in particular
international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law,
Mindful of the essential need to strengthen international, regional and subregional
cooperation aimed at enhancing the national capacity of States to prevent and suppress
effectively international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,
Commends the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for its work in
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preventing and combating terrorism through the provision of technical assistance, in
close consultation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee, for the implementation of
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Resolution 55/59, annex.
United Nations publication, Sales No. E.04.V.7.
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E/CN.15/2004/8, annex I.
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