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The United States continues to support a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism that would strengthen this existing legal regime and reinforce the critical principle that no cause or grievance justifies terrorism in any form. We firmly believe that any successful resolution to the outstanding CCIT issues must be predicated on a shared and clear understanding of two fundamental principles:
First, a comprehensive convention on terrorism cannot provide a carve-out for terrorist groups to claim their criminal acts are excluded from the scope of the CCIT in the name of national liberation, resistance to foreign occupation, or any other justification or motivation.
Second, as with other recent counter-terrorism instruments, a comprehensive convention should not reach state military action, which is subject to other international legal regimes.
Relevant documents:
A/64/161 Measures to eliminate international terrorism : report of the Secretary-General, 22 July 2009
A/64/161/Add.1 – Measures to eliminate international terrorism : report of the Secretary-General addendum 20090918 (on Korea)
A/64/137 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996
Thirteenth session on draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism (29 June to 2 July 2009)
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