Draft Resolution submitted by Mexico

THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM

Convinced of the need to fight, by all means, and according to the United Nations Chart, against threats against international peace and security represented by acts of terrorism;

Deeply concerned by the increase, in several world regions and especially in the Asia-Pacific region, of acts of terrorism motivated by intolerance or extremism;

Recognizing the need for the States to complement international cooperation by adopting other measures to prevent and quell in their territories, by all legal means, the financing and preparation of these acts of terrorism;

Firmly condemning all acts of terrorism such as those manifested abominably in the attempts occurred in Mumbai, India;

Resolves to:

1.            Call upon the States to work urgently to prevent and quell acts of terrorism, in particular by increasing cooperation between parliaments and governments and fully complying with pertinent international agreements against terrorism;

2.            Find the means to intensify and speed up the exchange of operational information, especially in relation to activities and movements of individual terrorists or terrorist networks; travel documents illegally altered or forged; trafficking of arms, explosives or dangerous materials; the use of communication technologies by terrorist groups and the threat represented by the possession of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups;

3.            Exchange information in accordance with international law and internal legislation and cooperate in administrative and judicial spheres to prevent the commission of acts of terrorism;

4.            Cooperate, particularly through bilateral and multilateral agreements and accords to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks and adopt measures against those that commit these acts;

5.            Adhere as soon as possible to pertinent international agreements and protocols related to terrorism, including the International Agreement for repressing the financing of terrorism of December 9, 1999;

6.            Adopt the appropriate measures according to pertinent national legislation and international law, including international norms in matters of human rights, before issuing refugee status to ensure that the asylum applicant has not planned or facilitated acts of terrorism or participated in the commission of such acts.