HC Deb 11 June 2002 vol 386 cc1179-80W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) 12 UN conventions related to terrorism and (b) countries that have both signed and ratified all 12 conventions. [60778]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The twelve UN conventions related to terrorism areConvention and Certain Other Offences Committed on Board Aircraft (Tokyo 14/06/63) Convention for the Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (The Hague 16/ 12/70) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Aircraft (Montreal 23/09/71) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Personnel (New York 14/12/73) Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (New York 17/12/79) Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (Vienna 03/03/80) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Aviation, complementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Aircraft (Montreal 24/02/88) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (Rome 10/03/88) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf (Rome 10/03/88) Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (Montreal 01/03/91) UN Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (New York 15/12/97) UN Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism (New York 09/12/99). The states which have signed and acceded to all 12 Conventions and Protocols are: Canada, Chile, the Netherlands, Peru, the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.

We have placed in the House Library details of the status of state's accession to each UN Convention or Protocol.