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Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism
or “soft” targets, such as infrastructure and public places, as well as to develop
strategies to prevent, protect against, mitigate, investigate, respond to and recover
from damage from terrorist attacks, in particular in the area of civil protection, and to
consider establishing or strengthening partnerships with the public and private sectors
in this regard, and calls upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to
continue to provide technical assistance to Member States, upon request, with a view
to strengthening their criminal justice responses as well as their strategies for
reducing the risk of terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure;
18. Also calls upon Member States to strengthen their border management so
as to effectively prevent the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and terrorist
groups, and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to
provide technical assistance to that end to requesting States;
19. Notes with appreciation the cooperation between the Office of CounterTerrorism, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Counter-Terrorism
Committee Executive Directorate, the International Civil Aviation Organization and
the Office of Information and Communications Technology of the Secretariat under
the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme in providing to Member
States, upon request, related technical assistance to build their legislative and
operational capacity, including in collecting, processing, analysing and effectively
exchanging travel data such as advance passenger information and passenger name
record data;
20. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue,
within its mandate, to develop its specialized knowledge of the international legal
framework for combating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism as
enshrined in the conventions and protocols on terrorism in order to continue to
provide assistance to requesting Member States in preventing and countering those
forms of terrorism, and welcomes the e-learning module developed by the Office in
this regard;
21. Also requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, within its
mandate, to continue to support requesting Member States in the implementation of
capacity-building programmes to strengthen crime prevention and criminal justice
responses to the destruction of and trafficking in cultural property by terrorists;
22. Further requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, within its
mandate, to continue to develop its specialized legal knowledge in close consultation
with Member States in order to continue to provide assistance to requesting Member
States in preventing and countering the criminal misuse of information and
communications technology, in particular the Internet, as well as social and other
media, to plan, recruit for, fund, commit or incite to commit ter rorist attacks, and to
support Member States in effectively criminalizing, investigating and prosecuting
such acts in accordance with domestic law and applicable international law, while
fully respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, including fre edom of
expression, and in promoting the use of the Internet as a tool for countering the spread
of terrorism, in close cooperation with private companies and social media platforms;
23. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to provide, upon
request, technical assistance for building the capacity of Member States in the
development and implementation of assistance and support programmes for victims
of terrorism in accordance with relevant national legislation, with emphasis on the
special needs of women and children;
24. Also requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, through its
Global Programme on Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice, to continue to support requesting Member States, in accordance with
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