UN Security Council
2017

international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming that terrorism should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group, Stressing that the active participation and collaboration of all States and international, regional and subregional organizations is needed 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, Reiterating the need to undertake measures to prevent and combat terrorism, in particular by denying terrorists access to the means to carry out their attacks, as 17-02174 (E) 130217 *1702174* S/RES/2341 (2017) outlined in Pillar II of the UN GCTS, including the need to strengthen efforts to improve security and protection of particularly vulnerable targets, such as infrastructure and public places, as well as resilience to terrorist attacks, in particular in the area of civil protection, while recognizing that States may require assistance to this effect, Recognizing that each State determines what constitutes its critical