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Terrorism UN Entities        

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UN Action to Counter Terrorism: http://www.un.org/terrorism/ Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC): http://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/ Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF): http://www.un.org/en/terrorism/ctitf/index.shtml Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004): http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/ Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/index.shtml Security Council Working Group established pursuant to Resolution 1566 (2004): http://www.un.org/sc/wg/1566/ Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996: http://www.un.org/law/terrorism/index.html United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) o Counter-Terrorism-Strategy: http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Counter_Terrorism/index.shtml o Report of the Secretary-General - Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction: http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/SGReport_Terrorism/SG_Report.shtml United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Terrorism prevention: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/terrorism/index.html Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Terrorism: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/terrorism/ o Independent expert on terrorism: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Terrorism/Pages/IETerrorism.aspx o Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Terrorism/Pages/SRTerrorismIndex.aspx

Treaties, Declarations, UN Documents       

Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook: http://www.un.org/terrorism/cthandbook/ A/RES/60/288 (8 September 2006): United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: http://undocs.org/A/RES/60/288 A/60/825 (27 April 2006): Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy; Report of the Secretary-General: http://www.un.org/unitingagainstterrorism/ A/59/565 (2 December 2004): A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility; Report of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change: http://www.un.org/secureworld/ Secretary-General reports: http://www.un.org/terrorism/sg-reports.shtml International Instruments to Counter Terrorism: http://www.un.org/terrorism/instruments.shtml UN documents on “Terrorism” – click here

-2Selected Statements and Speeches of the Secretary-General       

Secretary-General urges International Conference on Preventing Terrorism to ensure talks translate into concrete actions (SG/SM/14876, 18 March 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sgsm14876.doc.htm No policy to fight terrorism can succeed without addressing conditions promoting its spread, Secretary-General tells Security Council debate (SG/SM/14764-SC/10883, 15 January 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sgsm14764.doc.htm Collaboration with related United Nations Entities would make greater impact, Secretary-General stresses to Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (SG/SM/14728, 14 December 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14728.doc.htm Secretary-General urges Counter-terrorism Symposium to explore how mass media can foster understanding, help build on success of de-radicalization programmes (SG/SM/14385, 27 June 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14385.doc.htm In fight against terrorism menace, Secretary-General calls for strengthened capacity-building, support for victims — human face ‘of our shared struggle’ (SG/SM/14339, 7 June 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14339.doc.htm United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre is key tool to better tackle, suppress terrorism threat, Secretary-General tells Advisory Board (SG/SM/14328, 4 June 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14328.doc.htm International community must work as one to combat terrorism, Secretary-General tells Security Council, voicing support for New Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (SG/SM/14269-SC/10637, 4 May 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14269.doc.htm

Selected Publications & Journals available online  

UNODC Technical assistance tools and publications: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/terrorism/technical-assistance-tools.html The Beam - quarterly e-news published by the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF): http://www.un.org/en/terrorism/ctitf/thebeam.shtml

Databases  

Counter-terrorism Legislation Database: https://www.unodc.org/tldb/en/index.html Counter-terrorism Learning Platform: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/terrorism/unodc-counter-terrorism-learning-platform.html

Further Information   

Global Issues on the UN Agenda – Terrorism: http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/terrorism/ UN News Focus - Combating Terrorism: http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=8&Body=terror&Body1= Audiovisual Library of International Law o o o o

Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 1994, and the 1996 Supplementary Declaration thereto / by Rohan Perera : http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/dot/dot.html International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997 /

by Pierre Klein: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/icstb/icstb.html (in French) International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999 / by Pierre Klein : http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/icsft/icsft.html (in French) International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, 2005 / by Rohan Perera: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/icsant/icsant.html

April 2013 not an official document – for information only http://www.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/terrorism_eng.pdf