Terrorist Financing Convention is recorded in this encyclopedia from the source named below.
Overview
The Terrorist Financing Convention (formally, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) is a 1999 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize acts of financing acts of terrorism. The convention also seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish the financing of such acts. The Convention was negotiated following the 1996 UNGA Resolution 51/210 and a G-8 counter-terrorism initiative, and adopted by consensus by the UN General Assembly as Resolution 54/109 on 9 December 1999 at its fourth session. As of May 2026, the treaty has been ratified by 191 states; in terms of universality, it is therefore one of the most successful anti-terrorism treaties in history.
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Editorial note
This record is a sourced summary, not original research. Where the underlying material is silent on a point, this article is silent too. Last reviewed 2026-09-23.