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ANNEX A.
BONN DECLARATION OF 1978 ¹

            CANADA — FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY — FRANCE — ITALY — JAPAN — UNITED KINGDOM — UNITED STATES: JOINT STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

            International Terrorism Joint Statement. July, 17, 1978

            The heads of state and government, concerned about terrorism and the taking of hostages, declare that their governments will intensify their joint efforts to combat international terrorism.

            To this end, in cases where a country refuses extradition or prosecution of those who have hijacked an aircraft and/or do [sic] not return such aircraft, the heads of state and government are jointly resolved that their governments should take immediate action to cease all flights to that country.

            At the same time, their governments will initiate action to halt all incoming flights from that country or from any country by the airlines of the country concerned. The heads of state and government urge other governments to join them in this commitment.

            NOTE : Chancellor Helmut Schmidt read the joint statement during his remarks at the Bonn Stadt Theater at the conclusion of the Bonn Economic Summit Conference.

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¹  (1978) 17:5 I.L.M. 1285 reproduced from the U.S. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 14, No. 29 (July 24, 1978), pp. 1308-09.Back