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6. Reaffirms that international cooperation as well as actions by States to combat terrorism should be
conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and relevant
international conventions;
7. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to
relevant conventions and protocols as referred to in paragraph 6 of resolution 51/210, as well as the International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings,4 and calls upon all States to enact, as appropriate,
domestic legislation necessary to implement the provisions of those conventions and protocols, to ensure that the
jurisdiction of their courts enables them to bring to trial the perpetrators of terrorist acts, and to cooperate with
and provide support and assistance to other States and relevant international and regional organizations to that
end;
8. 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;
9. Takes note of the measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Centre for International Crime
Prevention of the Secretariat to enhance international cooperation and improve the response of Governments to
terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
10. Decides to address at its fifty-fourth session the question of convening a high-level conference in 2000
under the auspices of the United Nations to formulate a joint organized response of the international community
to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
11. Decides also that the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17
December 1996 shall continue to elaborate a draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear
terrorism with a view to completing the instrument, shall elaborate a draft international convention for the
suppression of terrorist financing to supplement related existing international instruments, and subsequently shall
address means of further developing a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international
terrorism, including considering, on a priority basis, the elaboration of a comprehensive convention on
international terrorism;
12. Decides further that the Ad Hoc Committee shall meet from 15 to 26 March 1999, devoting
appropriate time to the consideration of the outstanding issues relating to the elaboration of a draft international
convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism, and that it shall initiate the elaboration of a draft
international convention for the suppression of terrorist financing, and recommends that the work continue during
the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly from 27 September to 8 October 1999, within the framework
of a working group of the Sixth Committee, and that the Ad Hoc Committee be convened in 2000 to continue its
work as referred to in paragraph 11 above;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Ad Hoc Committee with the necessary
facilities for the performance of its work;
14. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session in the event
of the completion of the draft convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism;
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