A/RES/61/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 100 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 December 2006 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/61/457)] 61/40. Measures to eliminate international terrorism The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in all its aspects adopted on 8 September 2006, 1 enhancing the overall framework for the efforts of the international community to effectively counter the scourge of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, 2 Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 4 and reaffirming in particular the section on terrorism, Recalling the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, Recalling also all General Assembly resolutions on measures to eliminate international terrorism, and Security Council resolutions on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, 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, _______________ 1 Resolution 60/288. See resolution 50/6. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 See resolution 60/1. 2 06-49683