A/RES/57/27 9. Notes with appreciation and satisfaction that, consistent with the call contained in paragraph 7 of resolution 56/88, a number of States became parties to the relevant conventions and protocols referred to therein, thereby realizing the objective of wider acceptance and implementation of those conventions; 10. Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to resolution 49/60, and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to resolution 51/210, and calls upon all States to implement them; 11. Urges all States and the Secretary-General, in their efforts to prevent international terrorism, to make the best use of the existing institutions of the United Nations; 12. Welcomes the efforts of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the Centre for International Crime Prevention in Vienna, after reviewing existing possibilities within the United Nations system, to enhance, through its mandate, the capabilities of the United Nations in the prevention of terrorism, and in this context takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the Secretariat, 10 requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/253 of 24 December 2001; 13. Welcomes also the publication by the Secretariat of the volume of the United Nations Legislative Series entitled National Laws and Regulations on the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism, 11 prepared by the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat pursuant to paragraph 10 (b) of the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism; 12 14. Invites States that have not yet done so to submit to the SecretaryGeneral information on their national laws and regulations regarding the prevention and suppression of acts of international terrorism, and takes note in this regard of the reports of Member States to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001); 15. Invites regional intergovernmental organizations to submit to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted at the regional level to eliminate international terrorism; 16. Welcomes the important progress attained in the elaboration of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism during the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996 and the Working Group of the Sixth Committee established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 56/88; 17. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall continue to elaborate a draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism as a matter of urgency, and shall continue its efforts to resolve the outstanding issues relating to the elaboration of a draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism as a means of further developing a comprehensive legal framework of conventions _______________ 10 A/57/152 and Corr.1 and Add.1 and Corr.1 and 2 and Add.2. ST/LEG/SER.B/22, part I (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.02.V.7). 12 Resolution 49/60, annex. 11 4