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BONN ECONOMIC SUMMIT: STATEMENT ON AIR HIJACKING

1. THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

THE US, WEST GERMANY

JAPAN,

FRANCE, ITALY AND CANADA PARTIC-

IPATING IN THE BONN ECONOMIC SUMMIT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT

ON 17 JULY:

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 THE EXTRADITION OR PROSECUTION OF THOSE WHO HAVE HIJACKED AN AIRCRAFT AND/OR

DOES NOT RETURN SUCH AIRCRAFT, THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT

ARE JOINTLY RESOLVED THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS SHALL 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. THEY URGE OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN THEM

IN THIS COMMITMENT.