A/RES/59/195 Alarmed in particular at the possibility that terrorist groups may exploit new technologies to facilitate acts of terrorism, which may cause massive damage, including huge loss of human life, Emphasizing the need to intensify the fight against terrorism at the national level, to enhance effective international cooperation in combating terrorism in conformity with international law, including relevant State obligations under international human rights and international humanitarian law, and to strengthen the role of the United Nations in this respect, Emphasizing also that States shall deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support or commit terrorist acts or provide safe havens, Reaffirming that all measures to counter terrorism must be in strict conformity with international law, including international human rights standards and obligations, Mindful of the need to protect the human rights of and guarantees for the individual in accordance with the relevant human rights principles and instruments, in particular the right to life, Noting the growing consciousness within the international community of the negative effects of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations on the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and on the establishment of the rule of law and democratic freedoms as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the International Covenants on Human Rights, Concerned by the tendencies to link terrorism and violence with religion, Noting the developments that have occurred since its fifty-eighth session on addressing the issue of human rights and terrorism at the national, regional and international levels, Reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the acts, methods and 1. practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations as activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, threatening the territorial integrity and the security of States, destabilizing legitimately constituted Governments, undermining pluralistic civil society and having adverse consequences for the economic and social development of States; Strongly condemns the violations of the right to life, liberty and 2. security; 3. culture; Rejects the identification of terrorism with any religion, nationality or Profoundly deplores the increasing number of innocent persons, 4. including women, children and the elderly, killed, massacred and maimed by terrorists in indiscriminate and random acts of violence and terror, which cannot be justified in any circumstances; 5. Expresses its solidarity with the victims of terrorism; 6. Reaffirms the decision of the Heads of State and Government, as contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,7 to take concerted action against international terrorism and to accede as soon as possible to all the relevant regional and international conventions; 3