S/2002/875
Report of the Policy Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism
| Summary | I.Introduction | II. Dissuasion | III. Denial | IV. Cooperation | V. Recommendations | Appendix |
Appendix
These are the 19 global or regional treaties directly pertaining to the
subject of international terrorism:
1. International Civil Aviation Organization, Convention on Offences and Certain
Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft. Signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963.
Entered into force on 4 December 1969.
2. __________, Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft.
Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970. Entered into force on 14 October
1971.
3. __________, Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Civil Aviation. Signed at Montreal, Canada, on 23 September 1971.
Entered into force on 26 January 1973.
4. United Nations, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes
against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents. Adopted
by the General Assembly in resolution 3166 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973. Entered
into force on 20 February 1977 (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1035,
p. 167).
5. __________, International Convention against the Taking of Hostages. Adopted
by the General Assembly in resolution 34/146 of 17 December 1979. Entered
into force on 3 June 1983 (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1316, p. 205).
6. International Atomic Energy Agency, Convention on the Physical Protection
of Nuclear Material. Signed at Vienna and in New York on 3 March 1980. Adopted
at Vienna on 26 October 1979. Entered into force on 8 February 1987.
7. International Civil Aviation Organization, Protocol for the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation,
supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against
the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971. Signed
at Montreal, Canada, on 24 February 1988. Entered into force on 6 August 1989.
8. International Maritime Organization, Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. Adopted in Rome on
10 March 1988. Entered into force on 1 March 1992.
9. __________, Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf. Adopted in Rome
on 10 March 1988. Entered into force on 1 March 1992.
10. International Civil Aviation Organization, Convention on the Marking
of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection. Done at Montreal, Canada,
on 1 March 1991. Entered into force on 21 June 1998.
11. United Nations, International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist
Bombings. Adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 52/164 of 15 December
1997. Entered into force on 23 May 2001.
12. __________, International Convention on the Suppression of Financing
of Terrorism. Adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 54/109 of 9 December
1999. Entered into force on 10 April 2002.
13. League of Arab States, Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism.
Signed at Cairo on 22 April 1998. Entered into force on 7 May 1999.
14. Organization of the Islamic Conference, Convention on Combating International
Terrorism. Adopted at Ouagadougou on 1 July 1999. Not yet in force.
15. Council of Europe, European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism.
Opened for signature at Strasbourg, France, on 27 January 1977. Entered into
force on 4 August 1978.
16. Organization of American States, Convention to Prevent and Punish the
Acts of Terrorism Taking the Form of Crimes against Persons and Related Extortion
that are of International Significance. Signed at Washington, D.C., on 2 February
1971. Entered into force on 16 October 1973.
17. African Union (formerly Organization of African Unity), Convention on
the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism. Adopted at Algiers on 14 July 1999.
Not yet in force.
18. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Regional Convention
on Suppression of Terrorism. Signed at Kathmandu on 4 November 1987. Entered
into force on 22 August 1988.
19. Commonwealth of Independent States, Treaty on Cooperation among the States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Combating Terrorism. Adopted at Minsk on 4 June 1999. Entered into force in accordance with its article 22.
| Summary | I.Introduction | II. Dissuasion | III. Denial | IV. Cooperation | V. Recommendations | Appendix |
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