United Nation S /RES/1368 (2001)
Security Council
12 September 2001
Resolution 1368 (2001)
Unanimously adopted by the Security Council at its 4370th
meeting, on 12 September 2001
The Security Council,
Reaffirming the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Determined to combat by all means threats to international peace and security caused by
terrorist acts,
Recognizing the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence in accordance with
the Charter,
1. Unequivocally condemns in the strongest terms the horrifying
terrorist attacks which took place on 11 September 2001 in New York, Washington, D.C. and
Pennsylvania and regards such acts, like any act of international terrorism, as a
threat to international peace and security;
2. Expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims
and their families and to the people and Government of the United States of America;
3. Calls on all States to work together urgently to bring to
justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of these terrorist attacks and stresses
that those responsible for aiding, supporting or harbouring the perpetrators,
organizers and sponsors of these acts will be held accountable;
4. Calls also on the international community to redouble their
efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist acts including by increased cooperation and full
implementation of the relevant international anti-terrorist conventions and Security
Council resolutions, in particular resolution 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999;
5. Expresses its readiness to take all necessary steps to respond
to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, and to combat all forms of terrorism, in
accordance with its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations;
6. Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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United Nations A/RES/56/1
(2001)
General Assembly
Unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on 12 September
2001
Condemnation of terrorist attacks in the United States of
America
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations,
1. Strongly condemns the heinous acts of terrorism, which have
caused enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage in the cities of New York, host
city of the United Nations, and Washington, D.C. and in Pennsylvania;
2. Expresses its condolences and solidarity with the people and
Government of the United States of America in these sad and tragic circumstances;
Urgently calls for international cooperation to bring to justice
perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of the outrages of 11 September 2001;
Urgently calls also for international cooperation to prevent and
eradicate acts of terrorism, and stresses that those responsible for aiding, supporting or
harbouring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of such acts will be held
accountable.
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United Nations S/RES/1373 (2001)
Security Council
28 September 2001
Resolution 1373 (2001)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4385th meeting, on 28 September 2001
The
Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999 and 1368
(2001) of 12 September 2001,
Reaffirming also its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist
attacks which took place in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania on 11 September
2001, and expressing its determination to prevent all such acts,
Reaffirming further that such acts, like any act of international
terrorism,
constitute a threat to international peace and security,
Reaffirming the inherent right of individual or collective
self-defence as recognized by the Charter of the United Nations as reiterated in
resolution 1368 (2001),
Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with
the Charter of the United Nations, threats to international peace and security caused by
terrorist acts,
Deeply concerned by the increase, in various regions of the
world, of acts of terrorism motivated by intolerance or extremism,
Calling on States to work together urgently to prevent and
suppress terrorist acts, including through increased cooperation and full implementation
of the relevant international conventions relating to terrorism,
Recognizing the need for States to complement international
cooperation by taking additional measures to prevent and suppress, in their territories
through all lawful means, the financing and preparation of any acts of terrorism,
Reaffirming the principle established by the General Assembly in
its declaration of October 1970 (resolution 2625 (XXV)) and reiterated by the Security
Council in its resolution 1189 (1998) of 13 August 1998, namely that every State has the
duty to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts
in another State or acquiescing in organized activities within its territory directed
towards the commission of such acts,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
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1. Decides that all States shall:
(a) Prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts;
(b) Criminalize the wilful provision or collection, by any means,
directly or indirectly, of funds by their nationals or in their territories with the
intention that the funds should be used, or in the knowledge that they are to be used, in
order to carry out terrorist acts;
(c) Freeze without delay funds and other financial assets or economic
resources of persons who commit, or attempt to commit, terrorist acts or participate in or
facilitate the commission of terrorist acts; of entities owned or controlled directly or
indirectly by such persons; and of persons and entities acting on behalf of, or at the
direction of such persons and entities, including funds derived or generated from property
owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such persons and associated persons and
entities;
(d) Prohibit their nationals or any persons and entities within their
territories from making any funds, financial assets or economic resources or financial or
other related services available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of persons who
commit or attempt to commit or facilitate or participate in the commission of terrorist
acts, of entities owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such persons and of
persons and entities acting on behalf of or at the direction of such persons;
2. Decides also that all States shall:
(a) Refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to
entities or persons involved in terrorist acts, including by suppressing recruitment of
members of terrorist groups and eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists;
(b) Take the necessary steps to prevent the commission of terrorist
acts, including by provision of early warning to other States by exchange of information;
(c) Deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, or commit
terrorist acts, or provide safe havens;
(d) Prevent those who finance, plan, facilitate or commit terrorist acts
from using their respective territories for those purposes against other States or their
citizens;
(e) Ensure that any person who participates in the financing, planning,
preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts or in supporting terrorist acts is brought
to justice and ensure that, in addition to any other measures against them, such terrorist
acts are established as serious criminal offences in domestic laws and regulations and
that the punishment duly reflects the seriousness of such terrorist acts;
(f) Afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection
with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the financing or support
of terrorist acts, including assistance in obtaining evidence in their possession
necessary for the proceedings;
(g) Prevent the movement of terrorists or terrorist groups by effective
border controls and controls on issuance of identity papers and travel documents, and
through measures for preventing counterfeiting, forgery or fraudulent use of identity
papers and travel documents;
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3. Calls upon all States to:
(a) Find ways of intensifying and accelerating the exchange of
operational information, especially regarding actions or movements of terrorist persons or
networks; forged or falsified travel documents; traffic in arms, explosives or sensitive
materials; use of communications technologies by terrorist groups; and the threat posed by
the possession of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups;
(b) Exchange information in accordance with international and domestic
law and cooperate on administrative and judicial matters to prevent the commission of
terrorist acts;
(c) Cooperate, particularly through bilateral and multilateral
arrangements and agreements, to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks and take action
against perpetrators of such acts;
(d) Become parties as soon as possible to the relevant international
conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, including the International Convention
for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism of 9 December 1999;
(e) Increase cooperation and fully implement the relevant international
conventions and protocols relating to terrorism and Security Council resolutions 1269
(1999) and 1368 (2001);
(f) Take appropriate measures in conformity with the relevant provisions
of national and international law, including international standards of human rights,
before granting refugee status, for the purpose of ensuring that the asylum-seeker has not
planned, facilitated or participated in the commission of terrorist acts;
(g) Ensure, in conformity with international law, that refugee status is
not abused by the perpetrators, organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts, and that
claims of political motivation are not recognized as grounds for refusing requests for the
extradition of alleged terrorists;
4. Notes with concern the close connection between international
terrorism and transnational organized crime, illicit drugs, money-laundering, illegal
armstrafficking, and illegal movement of nuclear, chemical, biological and other
potentially deadly materials, and in this regard emphasizes the need to enhance
coordination of efforts on national, subregional, regional and international levels in
order to strengthen a global response to this serious challenge and threat to
international security;
5. Declares that acts, methods, and practices of terrorism are
contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations and that knowingly
financing, planning and inciting terrorist acts are also contrary to the purposes and
principles of the United Nations;
6. Decides to establish, in accordance with rule 28 of its
provisional rules of procedure, a Committee of the Security Council, consisting of all the
members of the Council, to monitor implementation of this resolution, with the assistance
of appropriate expertise, and calls upon all States to report to the Committee, no
later than 90 days from the date of adoption of this resolution and thereafter according
to a timetable to be proposed by the Committee, on the steps they have taken to implement
this resolution;
7. Directs the Committee to delineate its tasks, submit a work
programme within 30 days of the adoption of this resolution, and to consider the support
it requires, in consultation with the Secretary-General;
8. Expresses its determination to take all necessary steps in
order to ensure the full implementation of this resolution, in accordance with its
responsibilities under the Charter;
9. Decides to remain seized of this matter.
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