A/RES/72/36
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 December 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 99 (dd)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 4 December 2017
[on the report of the First Committee (A/72/409)]
72/36.
Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 70/46 of 7 December 2015 and 71/72 of 5 December 2016,
Expressing grave concern over the devastation caused by the increasing use of
improvised explosive devices by illegal armed groups, terrorists and other
unauthorized recipients, 1 which has affected a large number of countries and has
resulted in thousands of casualties, both civilian and military, and, in this regard,
stressing the need for all actors to comply with applicable international law at all
times,
Expressing profound concern at the indiscriminate use and effects of
improvised explosive devices and at the increasing humanitarian impact of such
attacks on civilian populations worldwide, in particular through the perpetration of
terrorist acts, and noting the need for a comprehensive approach in addressing this
concern,
Expressing concern at the serious harm that such improvised explosive device
attacks have caused to United Nations staff and peacekeepers, and to humanitarian
workers, by threatening their lives, increasing the cost of their activities, limiting
their freedom of movement and affecting their ability to effec tively deliver on their
mandates,
Expressing concern also about the negative impact of these attacks on
socioeconomic development, infrastructure and freedom of movement, and on the
security and stability of States, and thus underlining the need to addres s this issue in
order to achieve relevant goals and targets under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, 2 in particular target 16.1 on significantly reducing all forms of
violence and related death rates everywhere,
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See resolution 69/51, A/CONF.192/BMS/2014/2, A/71/187 and Security Council resolution
2370 (2017).
Resolution 70/1.
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