A/RES/51/210
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30 July 1996,4 and the plan of action adopted by the Inter-American
Specialized Conference on Terrorism, held at Lima from 23 to 26 April 1996
under the auspices of the Organization of American States,5 and in particular
calls upon all States:
(a)
To recommend
consultations to improve
and respond to terrorist
public transport, and to
that relevant security officials
the capability of Governments to
attacks on public facilities, in
cooperate with other Governments
undertake
prevent, investigate
particular means of
in this respect;
(b)
To accelerate research and development regarding methods of
detection of explosives and other harmful substances that can cause death or
injury, undertake consultations on the development of standards for marking
explosives in order to identify their origin in post-blast investigations, and
promote cooperation and transfer of technology, equipment and related
materials, where appropriate;
(c)
To note the risk of terrorists using electronic or wire
communications systems and networks to carry out criminal acts and the need to
find means, consistent with national law, to prevent such criminality and to
promote cooperation where appropriate;
(d)
To investigate, when sufficient justification exists according to
national laws, and acting within their jurisdiction and through appropriate
channels of international cooperation, the abuse of organizations, groups or
associations, including those with charitable, social or cultural goals, by
terrorists who use them as a cover for their own activities;
(e)
To develop, if necessary, especially by entering into bilateral
and multilateral agreements and arrangements, mutual legal assistance
procedures aimed at facilitating and speeding investigations and collecting
evidence, as well as cooperation between law enforcement agencies in order to
detect and prevent terrorist acts;
(f)
To take steps to prevent and counteract, through appropriate
domestic measures, the financing of terrorists and terrorist organizations,
whether such financing is direct or indirect through organizations which also
have or claim to have charitable, social or cultural goals or which are also
engaged in unlawful activities such as illicit arms trafficking, drug dealing
and racketeering, including the exploitation of persons for purposes of
funding terrorist activities, and in particular to consider, where
appropriate, adopting regulatory measures to prevent and counteract movements
of funds suspected to be intended for terrorist purposes without impeding in
any way the freedom of legitimate capital movements and to intensify the
exchange of information concerning international movements of such funds;
4.
Also calls upon all States, with the aim of enhancing the
efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and
where appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to terrorism
and, in so doing, to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified
information;
5.
Reiterates its call upon States to refrain from financing,
encouraging, providing training for or otherwise supporting terrorist
activities;
4
A/51/261, annex.
5
See A/51/336, para. 57.
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