Security Council resolution 2370 (2017) [on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons]
Symbol: S/RES/2370 (2017)
Date: 2017-08-02
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/72 [31] TERRORISM
S/72 [10] INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Subjects: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Organization)|Qaida (Organization)|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1373 (2001) concerning Counter-Terrorism|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1373 (2001) concerning Counter-Terrorism. Executive Directorate|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and Associated Individuals, Groups, Undertakings and Entities|UN. Security Council. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team Established pursuant to Resolution 1526 (2004)|Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (2001)|TERRORISM|COUNTER-TERRORISM|SMALL ARMS|ILLICIT ARMS TRAFFICKING
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: EGYPT
vote: yes
country: ETHIOPIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: KAZAKHSTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SENEGAL
vote: yes
country: SWEDEN
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: URUGUAY
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2370 (2017)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
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               Resolution 2370 (2017)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8017th meeting, on
               2 August 2017

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1844 (2008), 1963 (2010),
               2129 (2013), 2195 (2014), 2220 (2015), 2253 (2015), 2322 (2016), 2341 (2017),
               2368 (2017),
                    Reaffirming its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
               peace and security, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
                    Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
               independence of all States in accordance with the United Nations Charter,
                     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,
               wherever and by whomsoever committed, and remaining determined to contribute
               further to enhancing the effectiveness of the overall effort to fight this scourge on a
               global level,
                    Reaffirming that terrorism should not be associated with any religion,
               nationality, civilization or ethnic group,
                     Stressing also that States must ensure that any measures taken to combat
               terrorism comply with all their obligations under international law, and should adopt
               such measures in accordance with international law, in particular international
               human rights law, refugee law, and humanitarian law,
                     Gravely concerned that the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and
               misuse of small arms and light weapons in many regions of the world continue to
               pose threats to international peace and security, causes significant loss of life,
               contribute to instability and insecurity and continue to und ermine the effectiveness
               of the Security Council in discharging its primary responsibility for the maintenance
               of international peace and security,
                     Strongly condemning the continued flow of weapons, including small arms and
               light weapons, military equipment, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and their
               components, and improvised explosive device (IED) components to and between
               ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida, their affiliates, and associated groups,
               illegal armed groups and criminals, and encouraging Member States to prevent and




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               disrupt procurement networks for such weapons, systems and components between
               ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups,
               undertakings and entities,
                     Recognizing that the illicit transfer, theft from national stockpiles and illicit
               craft production can be a source of small arms and light weapons which can enable
               terrorist groups to considerably increase their armed capabilities,
                    Noting with grave concern the increasing and frequent global use of
               improvised explosive devices (IED’s) in terrorist attacks,
                     Stressing the paramount need to prevent illegal armed groups, terrorists and
               other unauthorized recipients from, and identify the networks that support them in,
               obtaining, handling, financing, storing, using or seeking access to all types of
               explosives, whether military or civilian, as well as other military or civilian
               materials and components that can be used to manufacture improvised explosive
               devices, including detonators, detonating cords and chemical components, while at
               the same time avoiding any undue restrictions on the legitimate use of those
               materials,
                     Stressing that the active participation and collaboration of all States and
               international, regional and subregional organizations is need ed to impede, impair,
               isolate, and incapacitate the terrorist threat, and emphasizing the importance of
               implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS),
               contained in General Assembly resolution 60/288 of 8 September 2006, and its
               subsequent reviews,
                     Expressing concern at the increased use, in a globalized society, by terrorists
               and their supporters of new information and communications technologies, in
               particular the Internet, to facilitate terrorist acts, as well as their use to incite,
               recruit, fund, or plan terrorist acts,
                     Reiterating its call upon Member States to continue information-sharing,
               through appropriate channels and arrangements, and consistent with international
               and domestic law, on individuals and entities implicated in terrorist activities, in
               particular their supply of weapons and sources of material support, and on the
               ongoing international counter- terrorism cooperation including among special
               services, security agencies and law enforcement organizations and criminal justice
               authorities,
                     Acknowledging the important contribution of relevant Council-mandated arms
               embargoes in helping to eliminate the supply of small arms and light weapons to
               terrorists, and noting the need to improve information sharing on possible arms
               embargo violations between groups of experts, peacekeeping missions within their
               mandates and other relevant United Nations entities,
                     Reaffirming its resolution 1373 (2001) and in particular its decisions that all
               States shall prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts and refrain from
               providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities or perso ns involved in
               terrorist acts, including by suppressing recruitment of members of terrorist groups
               and eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists,
                    Reaffirming the importance of full implementation of resolutions 2199 (2015),
               2253 (2015) and 2368 (2017),
                    Urging all States, including States where ISIL is present, to prevent any trade,
               economic, and financial ties with ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Al -Qaida, and
               associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities, including through
               enhancing their border security efforts,


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                 Recognizing the value of the “Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and
           Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects”,
           including measures aiming at achieving effective physical security and management
           of stockpiles of small arms and light weapons, as an imp ortant means to contribute
           to eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists,
                 Noting with appreciation the efforts made by Member States,
           intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations in addressing threats to
           international peace and security posed by the illicit trafficking of small arms and
           light weapons to terrorists, and noting the significant role of civil society and the
           private sector in supporting such efforts,
                 Noting the continuing coordination on counter-terrorism efforts between the
           Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) supported by the Counter Terrorism
           Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and International Criminal Police
           Organization (INTERPOL), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the United
           Nations Office on Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), the United Nations Office on
           Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in particular on technical assistance and capacity -
           building, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, the United
           Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and all other United Nations bo dies, and
           encouraging their further engagement with the United Nations Office of Counter -
           Terrorism (OCT) to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counter -
           terrorism efforts of the United Nations system,
                 1.    Reaffirms its decision in resolution 1373 (2001) that all States shall
           refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities or persons
           involved in terrorist acts, including by eliminating the supply of weapons to
           terrorists, and stresses the importance of full and effective implementation of the
           relevant resolutions and appropriately addressing the issues related to the lack
           thereof;
                 2.   Calls upon all states to consider becoming party to the related
           international and regional instruments, with a view to help eliminate the supply of
           weapons to terrorists, and to fully implement their respective obligations under
           those to which they are a party;
                 3.   Reaffirms its intention to take appropriate measures, when needed, to
           strengthen relevant arms embargos’ monitoring mechanisms which can help ensure
           the elimination of the supply of weapons to terrorists, in accordance with relevant
           Security Council resolutions;
                 4.   Encourages Member States to take appropriate steps in accordance with
           international law to prevent and disrupt activity that would result in violations of
           relevant Council-mandated arms embargos;
                 5.     Recognizes the need for Member States to undertake appropriate
           measures consistent with international law to address t he illicit trafficking in small
           arms and light weapons, in particular to terrorists, including by enhancing, where
           appropriate and consistent with their domestic legal frameworks, national systems
           for collection and analysis of detailed data on illicit trafficking of such weapons to
           terrorists, and putting in place, where they do not exist, adequate laws, regulations
           and administrative procedures to exercise effective control over the production,
           export, import, brokering, transit or retransfer of small arms and light weapons
           within their areas of jurisdiction, taking into consideration the “Programme of
           Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light
           Weapons in All Its Aspects” in order to prevent the illicit trafficking to terrorists of
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                   6.    Urges Member States to undertake, as appropriate, the following
               measures, on the national level, to eliminate the supply of weapons to terrorists:
                   (a) Ensure the ability to take appropriate legal actions against those who are
               knowingly engaged in providing terrorists with weapons;
                    (b) Ensure proper physical security and management for stockpiles of small
               arms and light weapons;
                    (c) Encourage the implementation of marking and tracing procedures of
               small arms and light weapons to improve traceability of such weapons which could
               be provided to terrorists through illicit trafficking;
                     (d) Strengthen, where appropriate, their judicial, law enforcement and
               border-control capacities, and developing their investigation capabiliti es of armstrafficking networks to address the link between transnational organized crime and
               terrorism;
                      7.     Emphasizes the importance of Member States taking appropriate
               measures, at the national, regional and international levels, in accordance with
               international law, and consistent with their domestic legal framework, to prevent the
               illicit trafficking of weapons to terrorists in conflict areas, and to prevent, within
               this context, looting or acquiring small arms and light weapons from national
               stockpiles by terrorists, and stresses in this regard on the importance of assisting
               States in those regions to enable them to monitor and control stockpiles of small
               arms and light weapons, in order to prevent terrorists from acquiring them;
                     8.   Urges Member States to enhance, as appropriate, international and
               regional cooperation regarding training on good practices, in coordination with the
               International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the World Customs
               Organization;
                     9.   Urges Member States to fully implement the “Programme of Action to
               Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
               in All Its Aspects” and the International Tracing Instrument in order to assist in
               preventing terrorists from acquiring small arms and light weapons, in particular in
               conflict and post-conflict areas;
                    10. Calls upon Member States to raise awareness to the threats of IEDs, and
               enhance the institutional capabilities and resources for preventing and countering
               such threats, including by collaborating with the private sector;
                     11. Recalls its decision that Member States, in order to prevent ISIL (also
               known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and
               entities from obtaining, handling, storing, using or seeking acc ess to all types of
               explosives, whether military, civilian or improvised explosives, as well as to raw
               materials and components that can be used to manufacture IEDs or unconventional
               weapons, including (but not limited to) chemical components, detonators,
               detonating cord, or poisons, shall undertake appropriate measures to promote the
               exercise of enhanced vigilance by their nationals, persons subject to their
               jurisdiction and entities incorporated in their territory or subject to their jurisdiction
               that are involved in the production, sale, supply, purchase, transfer and storage of
               such materials, including through the issuance of good practices, and further
               encourages Member States to share information, establish partnerships, and develop
               national strategies and capabilities to counter IEDs;
                    12. Encourages Member States, as appropriate, to strengthen cooperation
               and the exchange of good practices with civil society, the public and private sectors,
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           and trafficking in small arms and light weapons and improvised explosive devices,
           including awareness-raising;
                13. Urges Member States to act cooperatively to prevent terrorists from
           acquiring weapons, including through information and communications
           technologies, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and in
           compliance with obligations under international law, and stresses the importance of
           cooperation with civil society and the private sector in this endeavour, including
           through establishing public private partnerships;
                14. Stresses the importance of international cooperation to prevent and
           eliminate the supply of weapons to terrorists, and encourages Member States in this
           regard to enhance in particular their judicial and law enforcement cooperation,
           consistent with their international obligations and domestic legal framework;
                 15. Emphasizes the importance of enhancing cooperation and coordination
           among the relevant UN entities, and in particular the relevant Security Council
           sanctions committees and subsidiary bodies, to assist in preventing any form of
           support, active or passive, to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts, including
           by eliminating the supply of weapons to terrorists;
                 16. Directs the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC), with the support of the
           Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to continue as appropriate, within
           their respective mandates, to examine Member States efforts to eliminate the supply
           of weapons to terrorists, as relevant to the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001)
           with the aim of identifying good practices, gaps and vulnerabilities in this field;
                 17. Encourages in this regard the CTC, with the support of CTED, as well as
           the UNOCT to continue working together to facilitate technical assistance and
           capacity building and to raise awareness in the field of eliminating the supply of
           weapons to terrorists, in particular by strengthening its dialogue with States and
           relevant international, regional and subregional organizations and working closely,
           including by sharing information, with relevant bilateral and multilateral technical
           assistance providers;
                18. Directs the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (also known as Da’esh) and Al -Qaida
           Sanctions Committee and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, to
           continue to focus, including in its reports and updates, on the threat of supplying
           weapons to ISIL, (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals,
           groups, undertakings, and entities;
                19. Encourages the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team to
           coordinate its efforts to monitor and respond to the threat posed by supplying
           weapons to ISIL, (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals,
           groups, undertakings, and entities, with other United Nations counter -terrorism
           bodies, in particular CTED, as well as with the United Nations Office for
           Disarmament Affairs (UNODA);
                20.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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