APPF07 RES 08
APPF07/RES/08
(submitted by the Australian Delegation)
The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum,
Recalling the APPF Resolution on Terrorism adopted unanimously at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Forum in Seoul, Republic of Korea, in January 1998;
Recalling the definition of terrorism set out in the United Nations Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism adopted by consensus at the 49th Session of the General Assembly in December 1994;
Appreciating that the defence of freedom, justice, and respect for fundamental human rights recognised by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights are primary duties of the state;
Recognising that acts of terrorism, irrespective of their perpetrators, manifestations, methods, motivations or place or perpetration, constitute serious crimes;
Noting that terrorism in all its forms remains a major challenge for the international community;
Recalling the support of the international community for the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, which was adopted without a vote;
Convinced of the need to intensify the cooperation that exists at the regional level and of the urgency to adopt measures that enable a concerted and effective response to the terrorist threat;
Resolves to: