| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
China Formally Joins International Convention for Suppression of Terrorist Bombing |
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Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on November 13 submitted the letter for joining International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Explosion to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at UN headquarters in New York. For China, this convention will go into effect 30 days later as from the date of its submission.
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Tang Jiaxuan, Chinese Foreign Minister submitted on November 13 the letter for joining International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Explosion(full text) to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at UN headquarters in New York. For China, this convention will go into effect 30 days later as from the date of its submission.
The same day also saw Tang sign the International Convention for the Suppression of Financing Terrorist Activities(full text) in behalf of the Chinese government.
China has so far signed 11 items out of total 12 major multilateral conventions and protocols related to states' responsibilities for combating terrorism.
The decision of joining the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Explosion was approved by the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC) on October 27.
According to the State Council, to join the convention will help China crack down illegal actions destroying China's social security and order hatched by national separatists and antagonists both inside and outside China, establish a good national image, and maintain the national interests as well. And from an internal point of view, the Chinese criminal law concerning bombing and terrorism is in total unison with the international convention, thus paving the way for the implementation of the latter in China.
By PD Online staff member Huang Ying
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