United Nations Security Council Resolution 2482 _Threats to international peace and security

Resolution 2482 (2019)

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1452 (2002), 1526 (2004), 1617 (2005), 1624 (2005), 2129 (2013), 2133 (2014), 2170 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195 (2014), 2199 (2015), 2242 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253 (2015), 2322 (2016), 2331 (2016), 2341 (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354 (2017), 2368 (2017), 2370 (2017), 2388 (2017), 2395 (2017), 2396 (2017), 2462 (2019), 2467 (2019) and its relevant presidential statements, including PRST/2018/9,

Reaffirming 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 and the Protocols thereto, the United Nations Convention against Corruption of 2003, and the international counter-terrorism conventions and protocols,

Welcoming the ongoing efforts by the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to promote international cooperation against transnational organized crime, corruption, drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, money laundering, terrorism, and other crimes that may in some cases directly or indirectly support terrorism, as well as to assist Member States in this regard within their existing mandates,

Expressing its concern that terrorists can benefit from organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, as a source of financing or logistical support, recognizing that the nature and scope of the linkages between terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, vary by context, and emphasizing the need to coordinate efforts at the local, national, subregional, regional, and international levels to respond to this challenge, in accordance with international law, including by promoting international legal cooperation, where relevant,

Acknowledging, in this regard, that terrorists can benefit from organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, such as the trafficking in arms, drugs, artefacts, cultural property and trafficking in persons, as well as the illicit trade in natural resources including gold and other precious metals and stones, minerals, charcoal andoil, illicit trafficking in wildlife and other crimes that affect the environment, as well as from the abuse of legitimate commercial enterprise, non-profit organizations, donations, crowdfunding and proceeds of criminal activity, including but not limited to kidnapping for ransom, extortion and bank robbery, as well as from transnational organized crime at sea,

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 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,

Emphasizing that the combined presence of terrorism, violent extremis m conducive to terrorism, and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, may exacerbate conflicts in affected regions, and may contribute to undermining affected States, specifically their security, stability, governance, social and economic development, and noting that organized criminal groups and terrorists benefiting from organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, can, in some cases and in some regions, complicate conflict prevention and resolution efforts,

Seriously concerned by instances of terrorist groups, including those benefiting from organized crime, conducting attacks including those on United Nations personnel,

Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and stressing that Member States have the primary responsibility in countering terrorist acts and violent extremism conducive to terrorism,

Reaffirming that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to counter terrorism must comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law, underscores that respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law are complementary and mutually reinforcing with effective counter-terrorism measures and are an essential part of a successful counter-terrorism effort, and notes the importance of respect for the rule of law so as to effectively prevent and combat terrorism, and further notes that failure to comply with these and other international obligations, including under the Charter of the United Nations, is one of the factors contributing to increased radicalization to violence and fosters a sense of impunity,

Underscoring the need of Member States to strengthen, where appropriate, their criminal justice, law enforcement and border-control capacities, and to develop their capacity to investigate, prosecute, disrupt, and dismantle trafficking networks to address the linkages between terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,

Recalling its urge to 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,

Encouraging Member States to collect relevant information and to further identify, analyze and counter any existing, growing or potential links, in some cases, between organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, illicit drug -related activities, money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, in order to enhance criminal justice responses to those crimes, and calling upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), within its relevant mandates, to support, upon request, the efforts of Member States in that regard,

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 organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,

Noting the important contribution that public-private partnerships can make in efforts to prevent and combat terrorism, corruption and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,

Acknowledging that prisons can serve as potential incubators for radicalization to terrorism and terrorist recruitment, and that proper assessment and monitoring of persons convicted of terrorist offences is critical to mitigate opportunities for terrorists to attract new recruits, recognizing that prisons can also serve to rehabilitate and reintegrate prisoners, where appropriate, and also recognizing that Member States may need to continue to engage with offenders after release from prison to avoid recidivism, in accordance with relevant international law and taking into consideration, where appropriate, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, or “Nelson Mandela Rules”,

Recalling the importance for Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to include in CTED’s country assessments, as appropriate, information regarding Member States efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons and its link with sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations committed by terrorist groups as part of their strategic objectives and ideology, and used as a tactic by certain parties to armed conflict, including non-state armed groups designated as terrorist groups,

Recalling the Madrid Guiding Principles on Foreign Terrorist Fighters, includingthe recently adopted Addendum, (S/2018/1177), and stressing the importance of full and effective implementation of such principles,

Noting recent developments and initiatives at the international, regional and subregional levels to prevent and suppress international terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, including the essential role of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and its Global Network of FATF-style regional bodies, as well as the work of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), in particular the adoption of The Hague Good Practices on the Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8582nd meeting, on 19 July 2019.