This Plan of Action, put forward by the UN Secretary-General in 2016, calls for a comprehensive approach encompassing not only essential security-based counter-terrorism measures but also systematic preventive steps to address the underlying conditions that drive individuals to radicalize and join violent extremist groups. In its resolutions A/RES/70/291 and A/RES/72/284 for the fifth and sixth biennial review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the General Assembly encouraged Member States to consider implementing relevant recommendations from the Plan of Action, and to develop their own national and regional plans of action.
Resolution A/RES/70/291
Resolution A/RES/72/284
Plan of Action Resources
List of resources related to the UN Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism
Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/70/674)
Letter dated 22 December 2015 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly (A/70/675)
https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2F70%2F675&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=FalseResolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 February 2016
Recommendations of the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism
Note to Correspondents (12 January)
Information Note for Media on the Plan of Action (12 January)
‘Uniting to Prevent Violent Extremism’, Op-ED by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
