Resolution 635
(June 14, 1989)
Israel was always supportive of any UN resolution condemning international terrorism, of which it has been a victim. The issue of terror in the sky was also a sore point for Israel ever since an EI-Al airliner was hijacked by the PLO in 1968. The following resolution was unanimously adopted:
The Security Council,
Conscious of the implications
of acts of terrorism for international security,
Deeply concerned by all acts
of unlawful interference against international civil aviation,
Mindful of the important role
of the United Nations in supporting and encouraging efforts by all
States and intergovernmental organizations in preventing and
eliminating all acts of terrorism, including those involving the use
of explosives,
Determined to encourage the
promotion of effective measures to prevent acts of terrorism,
Concerned at the ease with
which plastic or sheet explosives can be used in acts of terrorism
with little risk of detection,
Noting the International
Civil Aviation Organization Council resolution of 16 February 1989, in
which it urged its member States to expedite current research and
development on detection of explosives and on security equipment,
1. Condemns all acts of
unlawful interference against the security of civil aviation;
2. Calls upon all States to
co-operate in devising and implementing measures to prevent all acts
of terrorism, including those involving explosives;
3. Welcomes the work already
undertaken by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and by
other international organizations, aimed at preventing and eliminating
all acts of terrorism, in particular in the field of aviation
security;
4. Urges the International
Civil Aviation Organization to intensify its work aimed at preventing
all acts of terrorism against international civil aviation, and in
particular its work on devising an international regime for the
marking of plastic or sheet explosives for the purpose of detection;
5. Urges all States, and in
particular the producers of plastic or sheet explosives, to intensify
research into means of making such explosives more easily detectable,
and to co-operate in this endeavour;
6. Calls upon all States to
share the results of such research and co-operation with a view to
devising, in the International Civil Aviation Organization and other
competent international organizations, an international regime for the
marking of plastic or sheet explosives for the purpose of detection.
Sources: The United Nations |