A/RES/74/194
Measures to eliminate international terrorism
reaffirmed its previous initiative calling for an international summit conference under
the auspices of the United Nations to formulate a joint organized response of the
international community to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as
other relevant initiatives,
Noting the importance of continuing to strive towards achieving a world free of
terrorism,
Bearing in mind its resolutions 57/219 of 18 December 2002, 58/187 of
22 December 2003, 59/191 of 20 December 2004, 60/158 of 16 December 2005,
61/171 of 19 December 2006, 62/159 of 18 December 2007, 63/185 of 18 December
2008, 64/168 of 18 December 2009, 65/221 of 21 December 2010, 66/171 of
19 December 2011, 68/178 of 18 December 2013, 70/148 of 17 December 2015 and
72/180 of 19 December 2017,
Having examined the report of the Secretary-General 7 and the oral report of the
Chair of the Working Group of the Sixth Committee on its work during the seventy fourth session, 8
1.
Strongly condemns all acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its
forms and manifestations as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomsoever
committed;
2.
Calls upon all Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate
international, regional and subregional organizations to implement the United Nations
Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, 1 as well as the resolutions relating to the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth biennial reviews of the Strategy, 9 in all its aspects
at the international, regional, subregional and national levels without delay, including
by mobilizing resources and expertise;
3.
Recalls the pivotal role of the General Assembly in following up the
implementation and the updating of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism
Strategy, looks forward to the seventh biennial review, in 2020, and in this regard
recalls its invitation to the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations
of the Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General when doing so to provide
information on relevant activities within the Secretariat to ensure overall coordination
and coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system;
4.
Reiterates that criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of
terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political
purposes are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a
political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may
be invoked to justify them;
5.
Reiterates its call upon all States to adopt further measures in accordance
with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant provisions of international
law, including international standards of human rights, to prevent terrorism and to
strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism and, to that end, to
consider, in particular, the implementation of the measures set out in paragraphs 3 (a)
to (f) of General Assembly resolution 51/210;
6.
Also reiterates its call upon all States, with the aim of enhancing the
efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and where
appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to terrorism and, in so doing,
to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;
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A/74/151.
See A/C.6/74/SR.34.
Resolutions 62/272, 64/297, 66/282, 68/276, 70/291 and 72/284.
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