November
18, 2011
Sixty-sixth
session
Agenda
item 118
The
United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Saudi
Arabia: draft resolution (A/66/L.8)
Terrorist
attacks on internationally protected persons
The
General Assembly,
Guided
by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and
reaffirming its role under the Charter, including on questions related to
international peace and security,
Recalling
the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, contained in General
Assembly resolution 60/288 of 8 September 2006, as well as Assembly resolutions
62/272 of 5 September 2008 and 64/297 of 8 September 2010, which reaffirmed the
Strategy,
Recalling
also the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against
Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents,
Renewing
its unwavering commitment to strengthening international cooperation to prevent
and combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,
Convinced
that respect for the principles and rules of international law governing
diplomatic and consular relations is a basic prerequisite for the normal
conduct of relations among States and for the fulfilment of the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Concerned
at the failure to respect the inviolability of diplomatic and consular missions
and representatives,
Noting
the note verbale dated 7 April 2011 from the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia
to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General regarding hostile
actions committed against diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic of Iran,
and recalling the obligations of States regarding the protection, security and
safety of diplomatic missions, consulates and personnel on their territories,
Emphasizing
the duty of States to take all appropriate measures required by international
law in a timely manner, including measures of a preventive nature, and to bring
offenders to justice,
Noting
the letter dated 14 October 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Saudi
Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General3 regarding a
disrupted plot to assassinate the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
the United States of America, and noting also the statements of the Gulf
Cooperation Council of 12 October 2011 and of the Council of the League of Arab
States of 13 October 2011,
Noting
also the letter dated 11 October 2011 from the Permanent Representative of the
United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General, reporting an Iranian plot,
Noting
the letter dated 11 October 2011, from the Permanent Representative of the
Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of
the Security Council,
Alarmed
by the new and recurring acts of violence against diplomatic and consular
representatives, which endanger or take innocent lives and seriously impede the
normal work of such representatives and officials,
Deeply
concerned by the plot to assassinate the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia to the United States of America:
- Reiterates its strong and
unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,
committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes, as it
constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and
security;
- Strongly condemns acts of violence
against diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, as well as
against missions and representatives of international intergovernmental
organizations and officials of such organizations, and emphasizes that
such acts can never be justified;
- Deplores the plot to assassinate
the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of
America;
- Encourages all States to take
additional steps to prevent, on their territories, the planning,
financing, sponsorship or organization or commission of similar terrorist
acts and to deny safe haven to those who plan, finance, support or commit
such terrorist acts;
- Calls upon the Islamic Republic of
Iran to comply with all of its obligations under international law,
including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes
against Internationally Protected Persons, particularly with respect to
its obligations to provide law enforcement assistance, and to cooperate
with States seeking to bring to justice all those who participated in the
planning, sponsoring, organization and attempted execution of the plot to
assassinate the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
