In 2006, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (resolution 60/288) by consensus and has since reviewed it every two years. The resulting four review resolutions add to the content of the Strategy and provide guidance on its implementation. The Assembly, in its resolution 68/276, requested the Secretary-General to submit a report no later than April 2016. The present report and its recommendations are intended to stimulate further discussion on the themes laid out a decade ago in the Strategy, reinforcing the critical importance of comprehensive and purposeful international cooperation to effectively prevent violent extremism and counter-terrorism and the role that the United Nations should play in strengthening such cooperation.