ICP0-Interpol - General Assembly 54th session - Washington, D.C. - 1st-8th October 1985

HAVING STUDIED Report No. 16 submitted by the Secretary General, entitled "International terrorism and attacks against civil aviation",

EXPRESSING ITS SATISFACTION at the fact that a meeting of experts on international terrorism and attacks against civil aviation was held at the General Secretariat from 26th to 28th August 1985,

CONVINCED OF THE NEED to intensify co-operation in this area through Interpol,

BEARING IN MIND Article 3 of the Constitution,

TAKING NOTE of the resolution on criminal acts of terrorist character adopted at the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, meeting in Milan, Italy, from 26th August to 6th September 1985,

The ICP0-Interpol General Assembly, meeting in Washington, D.C. from 1st to 8th October 1985 at its 54th session:

DECIDES:

1. That the General Secretariat shall prepare an instruction manual -similar to the existing one for co-operation in combating illicit drug traffic (cf. ICPO Vade Mecum, Part 3, Chapter 1) - for the use of National Central Bureaus and specialist services, outlining the practical possibilities that currently exist for co-operation in dealing with terrorist cases;
2. That the General Secretariat shall organize a fourth symposium, an
   international terrorism which shall include a discussion on the role of Interpol in the fight against international terrorism enable those Member States which did not participate in the above mentioned
   meeting to debate this important subject;
3. That combating international terrorism shall be an item on the agendas of all General Assembly and Executive Committee meetings;
4. That combating international terrorism shall be an item on the agendas of all Regional Conferences;

WISHES:

1. That the Standing Committee on Information Technology will conclude its work on the security of the Interpol Communications network as soon as possible, and make recommendations to the Executive Committee;
2. That in furtherance of the implementation of Resolution No. AGN/53/RES/6 (Luxembourg, 1984), the General Secretariat's existing capability to co-ordinate and enhance co-operation in combating international terrorism be reinforced by creating a specialized group within the Police Division (Sub-Division 1).