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General Assembly: 81st Plenary Meeting, 77th Session
(Continued) Debate on the item
Unequivocally condemning terrorism, the General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, underscoring the importance of the road map adopted in 2006 in view of emerging new threats and evolving trends, as States detailed their national counter-terrorism measures and highlighted the importance of international cooperation.
Unanimously adopting the text, the Assembly called on Member States to unite against terrorism and violent extremism. They reaffirmed the Global Strategy’s four pillars — which focus on measures to address the conditions conducive to terrorism’s spread, prevent and combat it, build States’ capacity and strengthen the United Nations system’s role to do so, and to ensure respect for human rights and the rule of law as the fundamental basis for fighting against the menace. The Assembly also encouraged Member States to develop programmes enhancing dialogue among civilizations and interreligious and intercultural understanding and respect as important counter-terrorism cooperation elements.
Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary), Assembly President, opening the session, said that terrorism is a destructive wildfire, fuelled by hatred. Pointing to the transformative potential of the Global Strategy which provides a framework and outlines solutions, he underlined: “Terrorism is not only a war on people, but a war on our minds. Let us rise above it.”
The General Assembly will meet next at 10 a.m. on Friday, 23 June, to conclude its debate on the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
