42/148 GA

Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedorns and stUdy of the underlying causes of those forms of terr.orism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, inclUding their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes: (a) report of the secretary-General) (b) convening, under the auspices of the united Nations, of an international conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of peoples for national liberation n. The draft resolution adopted by the Sixth Committee is in paragraph 14 of the report. It was adopted in the Committee by 128 votes to 1, wi th 1 abstention. under the draft resolution, the General Assenb1y would, alllOng other things, lDlequ ivoca11y condemn once aga in as er iminal all acts, me thods and practices of terror ism whenever and by whomever comi tted, inclUding those which jeopardize friendly re1a tions among Sta tes and their security, would address all Sta tea on specific matter s relating to the question of international terror ism, in accordance wi th opera tive paragraphs 4 to 8 of the draft reso1u tion, and, similarly, would address relevant specialized agencies and international organizations on matters cvvered in operative paragraphs 9 to 11. In operative paragraph 12 of the draft resolution, the Assembly would request the SecretarY-General to seek the views of Member States on international terrorism in all its aspects and on ways and means of combating it, including the convening, under the auspices of the united Nations, of an international conference to deal with international terrorism in the light of the proposal referred to in the penul tima te preambular paragraph of the draft resolution. The