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No. 37517. Multilateral
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR
THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST
BOMBINGS. NEW YORK, 15 DE-
CEMBER 1997'
OBJECTION TO THE DECLARATION MADE BY
PAKISTAN UPON ACCESSION
Japan
Notification effected with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations: 4
August 2003
Registration with the Secretariat of the
United Nations: ex officio, 4 August
2003
of Japan.
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No. 37517. Multilateral
CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE
POUR LA REPRESSION DES ATTEN-
TATS TERRORISTES A L'EXPLOSIF.
NEW YORK, 15 DECEMBRE 1997'
OBJECTION A LA DtCLARATION FORMULtE
PAR LE PAKISTAN LORS DE L'ADHESION
Japon
[ ENGLISH TEXT - TEXTE ANGLAIS ]
Notification effectu~e aupr~s du
Secrtaire g~n~ral de l'Organisation
des Nations Unies : 4 aofit 2003
Enregistrement auprbs du Secretariat
des Nations Unies : d'office, 4 aotit
2003
has .and the honour to make the following declaration on behalf of the Government
When depositing its Instrument of Accession, the Government of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan made a declaration which reads as follows:
"The Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan declares that nothing in this
Convention shall be applicable to struggles, including armed struggle, for the realization of
right of self- determination launched against any alien or foreign occupation or domination,
in accordance with the rules of international law. This interpretation is consistent with Article
53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 which provides that an
agreement or treaty concluded in conflict with an existing jus cogen or preemptory norm of
international law is void and, the right of self-determination is universally recognized as a
jus cogen."
In this connection, the Government of Japan draws attention to the provisions of Article
5 of the Convention, according to which each State Party shall adopt such measures as
may be necessary, including, where appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal
acts within the scope of this Convention, in particular where they are intended or calculated
to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or
particular persons, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political,
philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature and are punished
by penalties consistent with their grave nature.
The Government of Japan considers that the declaration made by the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan seeks to exclude struggles, including armed struggle, for the realization of right
of self-determination launched against any alien or foreign occupation or domination from
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