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COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION
                    ON THE PREVENTION OF TERRORISM

     The member  States  of  the  Council  of  Europe  and  the  other
Signatories hereto,
     Considering that  the  aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve
greater unity between its members;
     Recognising the  value of reinforcing co-operation with the other
Parties to this Convention;
     Wishing to  take  effective  measures to prevent terrorism and to
counter,  in  particular,  public  provocation  to  commit   terrorist
offences and recruitment and training for terrorism;
     Aware of the grave concern caused by the  increase  in  terrorist
offences and the growing terrorist threat;
     Aware of the precarious situation faced by those who suffer  from
terrorism,   and   in   this  connection  reaffirming  their  profound
solidarity with the victims of terrorism and their families;
     Recognising that terrorist offences and the offences set forth in
this Convention,  by whoever perpetrated,  are under no  circumstances
justifiable   by   considerations   of   a  political,  philosophical,
ideological,  racial,  ethnic,  religious or other similar nature, and
recalling  the obligation of all Parties to prevent such offences and,
if not prevented,  to prosecute and ensure that they are punishable by
penalties which take into account their grave nature;
     Recalling the need to strengthen the fight against terrorism  and
reaffirming  that  all measures taken to prevent or suppress terrorist
offences have to respect the rule of law and democratic values,  human
rights  and  fundamental  freedoms  as  well  as  other  provisions of
international  law,   including,   where   applicable,   international
humanitarian law;
     Recognising that  this  Convention  is  not  intended  to  affect
established  principles  relating to freedom of expression and freedom
of association;
     Recalling that acts of terrorism have the purpose by their nature
or context to seriously intimidate a population  or  unduly  compel  a
government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from
performing any act or seriously destabilise or destroy the fundamental
political,  constitutional, economic or social structures of a country
or an international organisation;
     Have agreed as follows: