unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/16/89)
TURKEY AND COTE D'IVOIRE ACCEDE TO CONVENTION AGAINST Posting Date: 09/14/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA HOSTAGE-TAKING UN PRESS RELEASE: Turkey and Cote d'Ivoire have acceded to the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages. Their instruments of ratification were received by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs on 15 and 22 August, respectively. Adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 1979, the Convention defines the offence of hostage-taking and provides that the State party in which the offender is found shall be obliged, if it does not extradite him, to submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution in accordance with its laws. This must be done without exception and whether or not the offence was committed within its territory. The Convention entered into force on 3 June 1983. As of 22 August, a total of 59 States had ratified or acceded to the Convention. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-