A/HRC/RES/34/8
human rights and fundamental freedoms, including through international cooperation and
by strengthening, as appropriate, the role of the United Nations in this respect,
Recognizing that terrorism has a detrimental effect on the enjoyment of human rights
and fundamental freedoms, such as the right to life, liberty and security of person, and
impedes the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights, such as the rights to
work, education, health and development, threatening the territorial integrity and security of
States, rule of law and democracy and ultimately representing a grave threat to the
functioning of societies and to international peace and security,
Expressing its continuing concern at the increasing flow of foreign terrorist fighters
and at the threat it poses to all States, including countries of origin, transit and destination,
and encouraging all States to address this threat by enhancing their cooperation and
developing relevant measures to prevent this phenomenon,
Reiterating that all States should fulfil their responsibilities to deny all forms of
support for terrorists and terrorist groups, particularly political, military, logistical and
financial support, including through the collection of funds by their nationals or persons in
their territories, or availing financial assets, for the benefit of terrorist groups or individual
terrorists for any purpose, to deny the provision of safe haven to terrorists, to prevent
terrorists from benefiting directly or indirectly from ransom payments to terrorist groups,
and to bring to justice or, where appropriate, extradite, on the basis of the principle of
extradite or prosecute, the perpetrators of terrorist acts or any person who supports,
facilitates or participates, or attempts to participate, in the financing, planning, preparation
or perpetration of terrorist acts or in providing safe havens,
Welcoming political commitments, actions and initiatives taken and adopted against
kidnapping for ransom in different forums, such as the Algiers Memorandum on Good
Practices on Preventing and Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists,
Deeply concerned at the serious crimes committed by terrorist groups and
individuals, including foreign terrorist fighters, that have targeted persons and groups on
the basis of their ethnic and religious background and involved gross human rights abuses,
Deploring attacks on religious places and shrines and cultural sites in violation of
international law, in particular international human rights law and international
humanitarian law, as applicable, including any deliberate destruction of relics, monuments
or religious sites,
Recalling its resolution 16/18 of 24 March 2011 and its follow-up resolutions, the
Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred
that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and the Istanbul Process
for Combating Intolerance, Discrimination and Incitement to Hatred and/or Violence on the
Basis of Religion or Belief, and calling for their effective implementation by the
international community in order to contribute to a more conducive environment to
countering hate speech and violence, including ethnic or religious stigmatization and
discrimination,
Affirming the determination of States to work towards conflict resolution, to
confront oppression, to eradicate poverty, to promote sustained economic growth,
sustainable development, global prosperity, good governance, human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all and the rule of law, to improve intercultural understanding
and to promote respect for all,
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Strongly condemns all terrorist acts as criminal and unjustifiable, and
expresses grave concern at their detrimental effects on the enjoyment of human rights,
including the right to life, liberty and security of person, as stipulated in article 3 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
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