UN General Assembly Resolution 73/305 to enhance international co-operation to assist victims of terrorism, and of UN General Assembly Resolution 72/165 establishing an International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism,

17. Welcoming the outcomes of the International Conference on Victims of Terrorismin the sphere of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Madrid, Spain, on15–16 November 2018, which underlined the urgency to coherently address thecomplex needs of the victims of terrorism by duly integrating them intocomprehensive counter-terrorism policies and practices at the national level, aswell as the efforts of the UN Conference on Victims of Terrorism, held in Romeon 7–8 June 2022 in co-operation with the OSCE PA and the ParliamentaryAssembly of the Mediterranean, on promoting this topic at a parliamentary level,

18. Welcoming further important efforts by the Council of Europe to expand its workin this area, including through the 24/7 Network of Single Contact Points for theexchange of procedural information regarding the legal standing of victims ofterrorism, to facilitate cross border information sharing,

19. Recalling the efforts of the OSCE in preventing and countering terrorism, and inparticular, noting the OSCE Ministerial Council Declaration on Preventing andCountering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (2015)and the OSCE Permanent Council Decision No. 618 on Solidarity with Victims ofTerrorism (2004),

20. Confirming the importance of the full implementation of the OSCE PA’sResolution on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism andRadicalization that lead to Terrorism (2018) and Resolution on the ChallengesRelated to Returning and Relocating Foreign Terrorist Fighters (2019), which callfor inclusive, effective and human rights-compliant counter-terrorism responsesin the OSCE region,

21. Taking positive note of the recurring themes identified by the OSCE PA Ad HocCommittee on Countering Terrorism as priority areas where the Assembly mayadd a distinct parliamentary value, including support to the victims of terrorism,and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in counteringterrorism, as well as welcoming timely counter-terrorism initiatives implementedby the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism since 2020,

22. Hailing the OSCE PA’s strategic partnership with the OSCE executive structureson countering terrorism, as well as with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), which led to the signing of a landmark Memorandum ofUnderstanding between the two organizations in 2020, and to the launching of anew Counter-Terrorism Co-ordination Mechanism among ParliamentaryAssemblies in 2021,

23. Welcoming the establishment of the UN Global Programme on ParliamentaryEngagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism, implemented inpartnership with inter-parliamentary assemblies and other internationalorganizations, to expand the reach of parliamentarians in working towards thefull implementation of the international counter-terrorism framework,

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