Declaration on Measures to Eliminate capacity to prevent Building States’ International Terrorism, which was the and combat terrorism and to strengthen the very first attempt of the United Nations to role of the United Nations system in this define and which included regard “terrorism” member states’ reaffirming “their Ensuring respect for human rights unequivocal condemnation of all acts, for all and the rule of law as the methods and practices of terrorism as fundamental basis of the fight against criminal and unjustifiable”. terrorism Currently, members of the United Nations The Strategy also included a decision to are negotiating a comprehensive add the review of the implementation of convention, which will have a the Strategy to the agenda of the General complementary role for the existing Assembly biennially. In the first review in framework of international 2008 and the second review in 2010, the instruments. General Assembly stressed “the need to United Nations Global enhance the role of the United Nations and Terrorism Strategy the specialized agencies, within their United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism mandates, in the implementation of the Strategy was a milestone for the United The Assembly further stressed Strategy.” Nations and its General Assembly. The the need and encouraged the Strategy summarised all the efforts the to cooperate with international, agencies of the United Nations have regional and sub-regional organisations produced until its preparation. and civil society in the implementation The Strategy was adopted with consensus process. When the reviews of 2008 and on September 8, 2006 in the 99th plenary 2010 are examined, it is visible that the meeting of the United Nations General General Assembly only reviewed the Assembly; no voting was held. It covered current situation and further suggestions recommendations to the member states in were not covered widely. The latest review four key areas: in 2012 is the most comprehensive among Addressing the conditions all reviews, adding new dimensions to the conductive to the spread of terrorism debate. More specifically, the General Prevention from and combating of Assembly reaffirmed that “terrorism terrorism
Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, which was the very first attempt of the United Nations to define “terrorism” and which included member states’ reaffirming “their unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable”. Currently, members of the United Nations are negotiating a comprehensive convention, which will have a complementary role for the existing framework of international instruments. United Nations Global Strategy United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy was a milestone for the United Nations and its General Assembly. The Strategy summarised all the efforts the agencies of the United Nations have produced until its preparation. The Strategy was adopted with consensus on September 8, 2006 in the 99th plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly; no voting was held. It covered recommendations to the member states in four key areas: Addressing the conditions conductive to the spread of terrorism Prevention from and combating of terrorism Building States’ capacity to prevent and combat terrorism and to strengthen the role of the United Nations system in this regard Ensuring respect for human rights for all and the rule of law as the fundamental basis of the fight against terrorism The Strategy also included a decision to add the review of the implementation of the Strategy to the agenda of the General Assembly biennially. In the first review in 2008 and the second review in 2010, the General Assembly stressed “the need to enhance the role of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, within their mandates, in the implementation of the Strategy.” The Assembly further stressed the need and encouraged the to cooperate with international, regional and sub-regional organisations and civil society in the implementation process. When the reviews of 2008 and 2010 are examined, it is visible that the General Assembly only reviewed the current situation and further suggestions were not covered widely. The latest review in 2012 is the most comprehensive among all reviews, adding new dimensions to the debate. More specifically, the General Assembly reaffirmed that “terrorism Terrorism
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