Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes

 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3034 (XXVII) of 18 December 1972, 31/102 of 15 December 1976, 32/147 of 16 December 1977, 34/145 of 17 December 1979 and 36/109 of 10 December 1981, Recalling also the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, the Definition of Aggression and the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, Deeply concerned about continuing acts of international terrorism which take a toll of innocent human lives, Convinced of the importance of international co-operation for dealing with acts of international terrorism, Reaffirming the principle of self-determination of peoples as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the inalienable right to self-determination and independence of all peoples under colonial and racist regimes and other forms of alien domination, and upholding the legitimacy of their struggle, in particular the struggle of national liberation movements, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter and of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,

1. Deeply deplores the loss of innocent human lives and the pernicious impact of acts of international terrorism on friendly relations among States as well as on international co-operation, including co-operation for development;

2. Urges all States, unilaterally and in co-operation with other States, as well as relevant United Nations organs to contribute to the progressive elimination of the causes underlying international terrorism;

3. Invites all States to take all appropriate measures at the national level with a view to the speedy and final elimination of the problem of international terrorism, such as the harmonization of domestic legislation with international conventions, the implementation of assumed international obligations and the prevention of the preparation and organization in their territory of acts directed against other States;

4. Calls upon all States to fulfil their obligations under international law to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in acts of civil strife or terrorist acts in another State, or acquiescing in organized activities within their territory directed towards the commission of such acts;

5. Appeals to all States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the existing international conventions relating to various aspects of the problem of international terrorism;

6. Urges all States to co-operate with one another more closely, especially through the exchange of relevant information concerning the prevention and combating of international terrorism, apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators of such acts, the conclusion of special treaties and/or the incorporation into appropriate bilateral treaties of special clauses, in particular regarding the extradition or prosecution of international terrorists;

7. Re-endorses the recommendations contained in the report submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session relating to practical measures of co-operation for the speedy elimination of the problem of international terrorism;

8. Calls upon all States to observe and implement the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee;

9. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up, as appropriate, the implementation of the present resolution and, in particular, of the recommendations contained in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

10. Decides to include the item in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session.