Abstract
Several international and regional organisations are continuing to work hard to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism. The United Nations has played a valuable part in this regard. Ratification of a vast number of international and regional conventions relating to the prevention and suppression of terrorism shows that the United Nations is playing an integral part to counter terrorism by their establishing a contemporary legal framework for international counter terrorism approaches. The United Nations started contemplating terrorism in the early 1970s, where the General Assembly and Security Council started their work on terrorism identifying issues that concentrated on the procedures and particular terrorist acts. This paper analyses the counter terrorism measures taken by the United Nations and its organs such as the General Assembly and Security Council. It also reviews Pakistan’s struggle to comply with international laws in fulfilling its obligations as a Member State of the United Nations. This paper finds that the United Nations has played a vital role in the prevention and suppression of terrorism by forming its contemporary legal framework for international counter terrorism measures. It concludes with suggestions to repress the menace of terrorism.