Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1986
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SymbolA/RES/40/61
TitleMeasures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Unequivocally condemns, as criminal, all acts, methods and practices of terrorism whenever and by whomever committed; deeply deplores the loss of innocent human lives which results from such acts of terrorism and the pernicious impact of acts of international terrorism on relations of co-operation among States, including co-operation for development; calls upon all States to fulfil their obligations under international law to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts in other States, or acquiescing in activities within their territory directed towards the commission of such acts; also calls upon all States to take all appropriate measures as recommended by the ICAO; encourages the ICAO to continue its efforts aimed at promoting universal acceptance of and strict compliance with the international air security conventions; requests the IMO to study the problem of terrorism aboard or against ships with a view to making recommendations on appropriate measures.
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 108th plenary meeting
Meeting record
A/40/PV.108
Date[New York] : UN, 14 Jan. 1986.
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4 p.
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Adopted at the 108th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1985.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 301-302. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 301-302. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).