Security Council resolution 2195 (2014) [on preventing and combating terrorism, including terrorism benefitting from transnational organized crime]
Symbol: S/RES/2195 (2014)
Date: 2014-12-19
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/69 [31] TERRORISM
S/69 [100] AFRICA--REGIONAL SECURITY
S/69 [10] INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
S/ X Threats to international peace and security.
Subjects: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961). Protocols, etc., 1972 Mar. 25|Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)|UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)|UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)|UN Convention against Corruption (2003)|TERRORISM|COUNTER-TERRORISM|DRUG TRAFFIC|INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION|REGIONAL COOPERATION|CAPACITY BUILDING|COORDINATION WITHIN UN SYSTEM|AFRICA|LAUNDERING OF FUNDS|TRANSNATIONAL CRIME|ORGANIZED CRIME|INTERNATIONAL SECURITY|REPORT PREPARATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: AUSTRALIA
vote: yes
country: CHAD
vote: yes
country: CHILE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JORDAN
vote: yes
country: LITHUANIA
vote: yes
country: LUXEMBOURG
vote: yes
country: NIGERIA
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: RWANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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                Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                 19 December 2014




                Resolution 2195 (2014)
                Adopted by the Security Council at its 7351st meeting, on
                19 December 2014

                     The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
                peace and security,
                      Reaffirming that terrorism in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of
                the most serious threats to international peace and security and that any acts of
                terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever
                and by whomsoever committed,
                     Reaffirming further that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with
                any religion, nationality, or civilization,
                      Stressing that terrorism can only be defeated by a sustained and
                comprehensive approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all
                States and international and regional organizations to impede, impair, isolate and
                incapacitate the terrorist threat,
                      Gravely concerned by the financing of, and financial and other resourc es
                obtained by terrorists, and underscoring that these resources will support their future
                terrorist activities,
                     Reaffirming the need to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts,
                      Expressing concern that terrorists benefit from transnational organized crime
                in some regions, including from the trafficking of arms, persons, drugs, and
                artefacts and from the illicit trade in natural resources including gold and other
                precious metals and stones, minerals, wildlife, charcoal and oil, as well as fr om
                kidnapping for ransom and other crimes including extortion and bank robbery,
                      Stressing that the development and maintenance of fair and effective criminal
                justice systems should be a fundamental basis of any strategy to counter terrorism
                and transnational organized crime,
                    Noting the Communiqué of the African Union Peace and Security Council
                Summit on countering violent extremism and terrorism held in Nairobi on


           * Reissued for technical reasons on 22 December 2014.


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               2 September 2014, and calling on UN counter-terrorism entities, within existing
               mandates, and Member States to provide assistance and capacity-building towards
               Africa’s efforts to counter violent extremism and terrorism,
                     Gravely concerned that in some cases individuals, groups, undertakings and
               entities associated with Al-Qaida continue to profit from involvement in
               transnational organized crime, and stressing in this regard the need for robust
               implementation of the measures in paragraph 1 of resolution 2161 (2014) as a
               significant tool in combating terrorist activity,
                     Urging in this respect, all Member States to participate actively in maintaining
               and updating the list created pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000) and
               1989 (2011) (“the Al-Qaida Sanctions List”) by contributing additional information
               pertinent to current listings, submitting delisting requests when appropriate, and by
               identifying and nominating for listing additional individuals, groups, undertakings
               and entities which should be subject to the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of
               resolution 2161 (2014),
                    Recalling its recent condemnation in resolution 2170 (2014) of any
               engagement in direct or indirect trade involving ISIL, ANF and all other individuals,
               groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and its reiteration that
               such engagement could constitute financial support for entities designated by the
               Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) (“the Committee”)
               and may lead to further listings by the Committee,
                     Deeply concerned that terrorist groups benefiting from transnational organized
               crime may contribute to undermining affected States, specifically their security,
               stability, governance, social and economic development,
                     Reaffirming the need to increase attention to women, peace and security issues
               in all relevant thematic areas of work on its agenda, including in threats to
               international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, and noting the importance
               of incorporating the participation of women and youth in developing strategies to
               counter terrorism and violent extremism,
                     Emphasizing the need to address conditions conducive to the spread of
               terrorism,
                     Emphasizing that the combined presence of terrorism, violent extremism, and
               transnational organized crime may exacerbate conflicts in affected regions,
               including in Africa, and noting that terrorist groups benefiting from transnational
               organized crime can, in some cases and in some regions, complicate conflict
               prevention and resolution efforts,
                    Seriously concerned, in this regard, by recent examples of terrorist groups,
               including those benefiting from transnational organized crime, attacking United
               Nations personnel,
                     Recalling its resolution 2133 (2014) and strongly condemning incidents of
               kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups for any purpose,
               including raising funds or gaining political concessions, and expressing its
               determination to prevent kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist
               groups and to secure the safe release of hostages without ransom payments or
               political concessions, in accordance with applicable international law,




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                 Noting recent developments and initiatives at the international, regional and
           subregional levels to prevent and suppress international terrorism, noting the work
           of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), in particular its recent adoption of a
           comprehensive set of good practices to address the foreign terrorist fighter
           phenomenon, and its publication of several other framework documents and good
           practices, including in the areas of countering violent extre mism, criminal justice,
           prisons, kidnapping for ransom, providing support to victims of terrorism, and
           community-oriented policing, to assist interested States with the practical
           implementation of the United Nations counter-terrorism legal and policy framework
           and to complement the work of the relevant United Nations counter-terrorism
           entities in these areas,
                Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter
           of the United Nations and international law, including applicable intern ational
           human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, threats to international peace and
           security caused by terrorist acts, stressing in this regard the important role the
           United Nations plays in leading and coordinating this effort,
                Recognizing that a comprehensive approach to defeat terrorism is required
           involving national, regional, subregional and multilateral action,
                 Noting the important contribution that public-private partnerships can make in
           efforts to prevent and combat criminal activities, such as transnational organized
           crime, corruption and terrorism,
                Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
           independence of all States in accordance with the Charter,
                 Reiterating the obligation of Member States to prevent the movement of
           terrorists or terrorist groups, in accordance with applicable international law, by,
           inter alia, effective border controls,
                  1.   Stresses the need to work collectively to prevent and combat terrorism in
           all its forms and manifestations, including terrorism benefitting from transnational
           organized crime;
                 2.   Calls upon Member States to strengthen border management to
           effectively prevent the movement of terrorists and terrorist groups, including those
           benefiting from transnational organized crime;
                 3.   Urges as a matter of priority that Member States ratify, accede to, and
           implement the relevant international conventions, such as the Single Convention on
           Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on
           Psychotropic Substances of 1971, the United Nations Convention against Illicit
           Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, the United Nations
           Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000, the Protocols thereto
           and the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003, and the
           international counter-terrorism conventions and protocols;
                4.    Requests the relevant United Nations entities to assist Member States,
           upon their request, and within existing mandates and resources, to implement the
           relevant international legal instruments relating to terrorism, and to develop their
           capacity to effectively respond to, prevent, investigate, and prosecute terrorist acts;




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                    5.    Stresses the importance of good governance and the need to fight against
               corruption, money-laundering and illicit financial flows, in particular through the
               implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the
               comprehensive international standards set forth in the Financial Action Task Force’s
               (FATF) revised Forty Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering and the
               Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, including by adopting and effectively
               implementing legislative and regulatory measures, to enable the competent domestic
               authorities to freeze or seize, confiscate and manage criminal assets, in order to
               combat illicit financial activity including terrorist financing and money -laundering,
               and encourages the States of the African region to further their engagement within
               the FATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs), such as the Inter-Governmental Action
               Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), the Eastern and
               Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), and the Middle East
               and North Africa Financial Action Task Force in promoting capacity and
               cooperation (MENAFATF);
                     6.   Recalls the obligations referred to in operative paragraph 2 (e) of
               resolution 1373 (2001) and recalls them in particular with regard to terrorist attacks
               against UN staff, peacekeepers and installations;

               International and regional cooperation
                     7.   Further stresses the importance of strengthening transregional and
               international cooperation on a basis of a common and shared responsibility to
               counter the world drug problem and related criminal activities, and underlines that it
               must be addressed in a comprehensive, balanced and multidisciplinary manner;
                     8.   Encourages Member States and relevant organizations, as appropriate, to
               enhance cooperation and strategies to prevent terrorists from benefiting from
               transnational organized crime, and to build the capacity to secure their borders
               against and investigate and prosecute such terrorists and transnational organized
               criminals working with them, including through the strengthening of national,
               regional, and global systems to collect, analyse and exchange information, including
               law enforcement and intelligence information;
                     9.   Commends in this regard, the regional cooperative mechanisms in Africa,
               notably, the Sahel Fusion and Liaison Unit, the Nouakchott Process on the
               Enhancement of Security Cooperation and the Operationalization of the African
               Peace and Security Architecture in the Sahel-Saharan Region, the AU-led Regional
               Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the
               Lake Chad Basin Commission Multinational Joint Task Force and its Regional
               Intelligence Fusion Unit as well as the Economic Community of West African
               States;
                      10. Commends further the initiatives to strengthen security and border
               control in the region of North Africa and the Sahel-Saharan region, with the
               adoption of the Action Plan on border security, during the first Regional Ministerial
               conference, held in Tripoli, in March 2012, and the creation of a regional training
               centre to enhance border security, during the second Regional Ministerial
               conference, held in Rabat, in November 2013, as well as other subregional
               initiatives supported by the United Nations;




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                 11. Urges all Member States, notably Sahel and Maghreb States, to
           coordinate their efforts to prevent the serious threat posed to international and
           regional security by terrorist groups crossing borders and seeking safe havens in the
           Sahel region, to enhance cooperation and coordination in order to develop inclusive
           and effective strategies to combat in a comprehensive and integrated manner the
           activities of terrorist groups, and to prevent the expansion of those groups as well as
           to limit the proliferation of all arms and transnational organized crime;
                 12. Welcomes and supports the establishment of AFRIPOL and takes note of
           the elaboration of an African arrest warrant for persons charged with or convicted of
           terrorist acts;
                13. Calls on Member States in Africa to support the implementation of the
           African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control 2013 -2018;

           Capacity-building and the UN coordination
                 14. Calls upon Member States to help build the capacity of other Member
           States where necessary and appropriate and upon request, to address the threat
           posed by terrorism benefiting from transnational organized crime, and welco mes
           and encourages bilateral assistance by Member States to help build such national,
           subregional or regional capacity;
                 15. Recognizes the significant capacity and coordination challenges many
           Member States face in countering terrorism and violent extremism, and preventing
           terrorist financing, recruitment and all other forms of support to terrorist
           organizations, including terrorists benefitting from transnational organized crime,
           commends work under way by the Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive
           Directorate (CTED) to identify capacity gaps and to facilitate technical assistance to
           strengthen the implementation of resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005),
           encourages Member States to continue cooperating with the Counter-Terrorism
           Committee and CTED on the development of comprehensive and integrated
           national, subregional and regional counter-terrorism strategies, highlights the
           important role that Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) entities,
           in particular the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, as well as the United
           Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, and other providers of capacity-building
           assistance should play in technical assistance delivery, and requests the relevant
           entities of the United Nations, whenever appropriate and within existing resources,
           to take into account in their technical assistance to counter terrorism the elements
           necessary for addressing terrorism benefitting from transnational organized crime;
                 16. Calls on relevant entities of the United Nations and other relevant
           international and regional organizations to support the development and
           strengthening of the capacities of national and regional institutions to address
           terrorism benefitting from transnational organized crime, in particular law
           enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies, and in this regard notes the advisory
           role of the Peacebuilding Commission, in accordance with its mandate;
                17. Encourages the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task
           Force to consider expanding its I-ACT Initiative to the countries of the G5-Sahel
           and Central Africa, upon their request;
                18. Reiterates that United Nations peacekeeping and special political
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               governments, as requested, to implement commitments under existing global and
               regional instruments and to address the illicit trafficking of small arms and light
               weapons, including inter alia through weapons collection, disarmament,
               demobilization and reintegration programmes, enhancing physical security and
               stockpile management practices, record keeping and tracing capacities, development
               of national export and import control systems, enhancement of border security, and
               strengthening judicial institutions, policing and other la w enforcement capacities;
                     19. Encourages information sharing, where relevant and appropriate,
               between Special Representatives of the Secretary-General, the Department of
               Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs, the Counter -
               Terrorism Executive Directorate, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Counter -
               Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the United Nations Development
               Programme, within existing mandates and resources, when considering means to
               address, in a comprehensive and integrated manner, transnational organized crime,
               terrorism and violent extremism which can be conducive to terrorism;

               Reporting
                     20. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Council a report on the
               efforts of the United Nations entities to address the threat of terrorists benefiting
               from transnational organized crime in affected regions, including Africa, with
               respect to matters with which the Council is seized, with input from the relevant
               entities of the United Nations system including the UNODC, C TED, the Analytical
               Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, and other relevant CTITF entities;
                     21. Further requests that the report include recommendations of concrete
               options for strengthening Member States’ capabilities, including financing such
               proposed UN projects and activities to build capacity with existing resources and
               contributions in the UN system, as well as UN activities to reduce the negative
               impacts of terrorists benefiting from transnational organized crime including those
               relevant to its conflict resolution efforts with a focus on border security, counterterrorist financing, and anti-money-laundering, and that the report be submitted to
               the Council no later than six months from the adoption of this resolution;
                     22. Recalls the request, in resolution 2178 (2014), to the Analytical Support
               and Sanctions Monitoring Team, in close cooperation with all relevant United
               Nations counter-terrorism bodies, to report to the Committee pursuant to resolution
               1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) within 180 days, on the threat posed by foreign
               terrorist fighters recruited by or joining ISIL, ANF, and all groups, undertakings,
               and entities associated with Al-Qaida, and reiterates that this report should also
               focus on trends related to foreign terrorist fighters joi ning and working with all
               terrorist groups listed on the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions List, and should include an
               oral briefing to the Committee and a Committee brief to the Security Council at the
               next regular briefing on counter-terrorism on those operating in Africa.




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