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UNCLAS STATE 094862 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER UNGA
SUBJECT: USUN INSTRUCTIONS: REVIEW RESOLUTION OF THE 
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY 
 
¶1. Action Request: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of 
the UN General Assembly resolution contained in para 2 
below concerning the two-year review of the UN General 
Assembly Counter-Terrorism Strategy. USUN should seek 
additional guidance if substantive changes are made to the 
resolution prior to vote. 
 
End Action Request. 
 
¶2. Begin text of draft resolution: 
 
The General Assembly, 
 
Reaffirming the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy, Resolution 60/288, adopted by the General 
Assembly on 8 September 2006, that calls for, inter alia, 
an examination in two years of progress made in the 
implementation of the Strategy, and to consider updating 
it to respond to changes as provided in paragraph 3 b) of 
resolution 60/288, 
 
Recalling the pivotal role of the General Assembly in 
following up the implementation and updating of the 
Strategy, 
 
Renewing its unwavering commitment to strengthen 
international cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism, 
in all its forms and manifestations, 
 
Recognizing that international cooperation and any 
measures undertaken by Member States to prevent and combat 
terrorism must fully comply with their obligations under 
international law, including the Charter of the United 
Nations and relevant international conventions and 
protocols, in particular human rights law, refugee law and 
international humanitarian law, 
 
Convinced that the General Assembly is the competent organ 
with universal membership to address the issue of 
international terrorism, 
 
Mindful of the need to enhance the role of the United 
Nations and the specialized agencies within their mandates 
in the implementation of the United Nations Global 
Counter-Terrorism Strategy, 
 
Stressing that the Task Force shall carry out its 
activities within the framework of its mandate with policy 
guidance offered by Member States through interaction with 
the General Assembly on a regular basis, 
 
Recognizing the importance of institutionalizing the 
Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) within 
the Secretariat, 
 
Reiterates its strong condemnation of terrorism in all its 
forms and manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever 
and for whatever purposes, as it constitutes one of the 
most serious threats to international peace and security; 
 
Reaffirms the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy and its four pillars, which constitutes an 
ongoing effort, and calls upon Member States, the United 
Nations, and other appropriate international, regional and 
subregional organizations, to step up their efforts to 
implement the Strategy, in an integrated manner, and in 
all its aspects; 
 
Takes note, of the report of the Secretary-General 
entitled "The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy: Activities of the United Nations System in 
Implementing the Strategy"; 
 
Further takes note of the measures that Member States, as 
well as appropriate international, regional and sub 
regional organizations have adopted within the framework 
of the Strategy, as presented during the first biennial 
review of the Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the September 
4-5 session, all of which strengthens cooperation to fight 
terrorism, in particular through the exchange of best 
practices; 
 
Reaffirms the Member States' primary responsibility to 
implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy while further recognizing the need to enhance the 
important role the United Nations plays, in coordination 
with other international, regional and subregional 
organizations, as appropriate, in facilitating coherence 
in the implementation of the Strategy at the national, 
regional and global levels, and in providing assistance, 
especially in the area of capacity building; 
 
Encourages non-governmental organizations, and civil 
society to engage, as appropriate, on how to enhance 
efforts to implement the Strategy, including through 
interaction with Member States and the UN System, 
 
Calls upon the UN entities involved in supporting 
counter-terrorism efforts to continue to facilitate the 
promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental 
freedoms while countering terrorism; 
 
Calls upon states that have not done so to consider 
becoming parties in a timely manner to the existing 
international conventions and protocols against terrorism, 
as well as on all states to make every effort to conclude 
a comprehensive convention on international terrorism and 
recalls the commitments of Member States with regard to 
the implementation of General Assembly and Security 
Council resolutions relating to international terrorism; 
 
Takes note with appreciation of the continued contribution 
of the United Nations entities and subsidiary bodies of 
the Security Council to the (CTITF); 
 
Reaffirms the need to enhance international cooperation in 
countering terrorism and in this regard recalls the role 
of the UN system in promoting international cooperation 
and capacity building as one of the elements of the United 
Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; 
 
Urges the Secretary-General to make the necessary 
arrangements to carry out the institutionalization of the 
Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), in 
accordance with resolution 60/288, in order to ensure 
overall coordination and coherence in the 
counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system; 
 
Decides to interact with the Counter-Terrorism 
Implementation Task Force on a regular basis, in order to 
receive briefings and reports on its current and future 
work, assess the work being undertaken on the Strategy 
implementation efforts, including the work of the Task 
Force and offer policy guidance; 
 
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General 
Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on progress 
made in the implementation of the Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy which could contain suggestions for its future 
implementation by the UN system, as well as the 
implementation of the present resolution; 
 
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 
sixty-fourth session an item entitled "The United Nations 
Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" in order to examine the 
report of the Secretary General requested in the previous 
paragraph as well as implementation on the part of Member 
States. 
END TEXT. 
 
¶3. The Department appreciates the Mission's efforts. 
RICE