The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review
A/RES/70/291
including in connection with armed conflict, emphasizing the need for States to
address this issue, including through the implementation of their international
obligations, and underlining the importance of United Nations capacity-building and
facilitation of capacity-building in accordance with existing mandates to assist
States, including those in the most affected regions, upon their request,
Expressing concern that terrorists may benefit from transnational organized
crime in some regions, including from the trafficking of arms, persons, drugs and
cultural property and from the illicit trade in natural resources, including oil, and in
oil products, modular refineries and related material, go ld and other precious metals
and stones, minerals, charcoal and wildlife, as well as from kidnapping for ransom
and other crimes, including extortion, money-laundering and bank robbery, and
condemning the destruction of cultural heritage perpetrated by ter rorist groups in
some countries,
Strongly condemning the systematic recruitment and use of children to
perpetrate terrorist attacks, as well as the violations and abuses committed by
terrorist groups against children, including killing and maiming, abduct ion and rape
and other forms of sexual violence, and noting that such violations and abuses may
amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity,
Expressing deep concern about the connections, in some cases, between some
forms of transnational organized crime and terrorism, and emphasizing the need to
enhance cooperation at the national, subregional, regional and international levels in
order to strengthen responses to this evolving challenge,
Recognizing the commitment of all religions to peace, and deter mined to
condemn acts of violent extremism conducive to terrorism and incitement to commit
terrorist acts that spread hate and threaten lives,
Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
while countering terrorism, 2 including its conclusions and recommendations,
Recognizing the role that victims of terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations can play, including in countering the appeal of terrori sm, and
emphasizing the need to promote international solidarity in support of victims of
terrorism and to ensure that victims of terrorism are tr eated with dignity and respect,
Affirming the importance of education as a tool to help to prevent terrorism
and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, and welcoming the engagement of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with Member
States to implement strategies to prevent violent extremism conducive to terrorism
through education,
Noting the important contribution of women to the implementation of the
Strategy, and encouraging Member States, United Nations entities and international,
regional and subregional organizations to ensure the participation and leadership of
women in efforts to prevent violent extremism and counter terrorism,
Expressing deep concern that acts of sexual and gender-based violence are
known to be part of the strategic objectives and ideology of certain terrorist groups
and are used as an instrument to increase their power through supporting financing
and recruitment and through the destruction of communities,
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