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Article 2.1 of the 1999 sectoral United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (Terrorist Financing Convention) defines the crime of terrorist financing as the offence committed by "any person" who "by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfully, provides or collects funds with the ...
It condemned all terrorist acts as criminal and unjustifiable. The declaration stressed that terrorism was contrary to the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, endangered lives, and threatened the social and economic development of all countries and global stability as a whole. Furthermore, it asserted that a sustained and ...
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) is an office of the United Nations Secretariat that is responsible for promoting international cooperation in counterterrorism efforts, examining the causes and effects of terrorism and violent extremism, and organizing efforts to prevent terrorism and extremism.
The negotiations of the Comprehensive Terrorism Convention are deadlocked because of differences over the definition of terrorism. Thalif Deen described the situation as follows: "The key sticking points in the draft treaty revolve around several controversial yet basic issues, including the definition of 'terrorism'.
In 1992, terrorism studies scholar Alex P. Schmid proposed a simple definition to the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) as "peacetime equivalents of war crimes", but it was not accepted. [35] [36] In 2006, it was estimated that there were over 109 different definitions of terrorism. [37]
The Council stressed that the United Nations played a vital role in strengthening international co-operation in the fight against terrorism. All countries were urged to take the following steps: [5] [6] (a) co-operate with each other through mutual agreements to prevent terrorist acts and prosecute perpetrators;
The following measures were enacted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, thus making the measures legal under international law. All countries were required to impose an arms embargo , travel ban and financial sanctions against all terrorist groups and individuals.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1963, adopted unanimously on December 20, 2010, after reaffirming resolutions 1373 (2001), 1535 (2004), 1624 (2004), 1787 (2007) and 1805 (2008), the Council decided to continue the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) under the guidance of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for another three years until December 31, 2013.