- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 18 September 1970 (l0th Sitting) (see Doc. 2828, draft resolution presented by the Political Affairs Committee). Text adopted by the Assembly on 18 September 1970 (10th Sitting).
The Assembly,
1. Expressing indignation at the acts of terrorism and vandalism committed by some Palestinian organisations, adding to the already long list of attacks and other acts of sabotage directed against civil aircraft on the ground and in flight ;
2. Recognising that these acts of hijacking , sabotage, taking of hostages and blackmailing of governments are occurring and increasing only because the terrorists and their organisations are able to use the territory of certain Arab states as a refuge, a training ground and a base for action ;
3. Condemning this particularly despicable form of so-called political action as a flagrant violation of human rights, infringing the freedom of air travel -a common right of all -and a crime against humanity endangering the lives of innocent people ;
4. Calling upon all governments to do their utmost to secure the immediate and simultaneous release of all hostages still held, irrespective of nationality and religion,
5. Appeals to all governments to demonstrate their determination to secure the conclusion of a convention on unlawful seizure of aircraft which will provide for severe punishment of hijackers and blackmailers, and to take sanctions against states which become accomplices to these criminal acts.
