44 ... ... ... ... .. C I V I L L I B E RT I E S resolution 49/60, states that terrorism includes: 'criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, and groups of persons or particular persons for political purposes.' The Declaration goes on to assert categorically that all such acts 'are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the consideration of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious, or other nature may be invoked to justify them.' 4.10 The General Assembly has, in addition, passed a series of resolutions on the subject 'Human Rights & Terrorism,' the first of which was adopted on 20 December 1993 (A/RES/48/122). In these resolutions, the General Assembly has unequivocally condemned 'all acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, whenever and by whomever committed, as activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, threatening the territorial integrity of States, destabilizing legitimately constituted governments, undermining pluralistic civil society and having adverse consequences on the economic and social development of States.' The resolutions of the General Assembly, on 'Human Rights and Terrorism' have, in addition, consistently called upon States, 'in accordance with international standards of human rights, to take all necessary and effective measures to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism.' Resolutions in a similar vein have also been regularly adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights. 4.11 A resolution of the United Nations General Assembly dealing specifically with the subject "Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism" was adopted for the first time on 18 December 2002 (A/ RES/57/219). That resolution affirmed that N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N