Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the First Committee (A/62/391)]
62/33.	Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of 
mass destruction


	The General Assembly,
	Recalling its resolution 61/86 of 6 December 2006,
	Recognizing the determination of the international community to combat terrorism, as evidenced in relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions,
	Deeply concerned by the growing risk of linkages between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, and in particular by the fact that terrorists may seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction,
	Cognizant of the steps taken by States to implement Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, adopted on 28 April 2004,
	Welcoming the entry into force on 7 July 2007 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism,
	Welcoming also the adoption, by consensus, of amendments to strengthen the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material by the International Atomic Energy Agency on 8 July 2005,
	Noting the support expressed in the Final Document of the Fourteenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Havana on 15 and 16 September 2006, for measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction,
	Noting also that the Group of Eight, the European Union, the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and others have taken into account in their deliberations the dangers posed by the likely acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction, and the need for international cooperation in combating it,
	Acknowledging the consideration of issues relating to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction by the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters,
	Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency at its fifty-first regular session,
	Taking note also of the 2005 World Summit Outcome adopted on 16 September 2005 at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly and the adoption on 8 September 2006 of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,
	Taking note further of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of resolution 61/86,
	Mindful of the urgent need for addressing, within the United Nations framework and through international cooperation, this threat to humanity,
	Emphasizing that progress is urgently needed in the area of disarmament and 
non-proliferation in order to maintain international peace and security and to contribute to global efforts against terrorism,
	1.	Calls upon all Member States to support international efforts to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery;
	2.	Appeals to Member States to consider early accession to and ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism;1
	3.	Urges all Member States to take and strengthen national measures, as appropriate, to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery and materials and technologies related to their manufacture, and invites them to inform the Secretary-General, on a voluntary basis, of the measures taken in this regard;
	4.	Encourages cooperation among and between Member States and relevant regional and international organizations for strengthening national capacities in this regard;
	5.	Requests the Secretary-General to compile a report on measures already taken by international organizations on issues relating to the linkage between the fight against terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and seek the views of Member States on additional relevant measures for tackling the global threat posed by the acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;
	6.	Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction”.

61st plenary meeting
5 December 2007
 Resolution 59/290, annex.
 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1456, No. 24631.
 A/61/472S/2006/780, annex I.
 See A/59/361.
 See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Fifty-first Regular Session, 17–21 September 2007 (GC(51)/RES/DEC(2007)).
 See resolution 60/1.
 Resolution 60/288.
 A/62/156.

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 United Nations A/RES/62/33
 General Assembly Distr.: General
8 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 98 (z)


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