Aviso n.º 36/2008, de 06 de Fevereiro de 2008
Aviso n. 36/2008
Por ordem superior se torna público ter a República da Estónia efectuado, junto do Secretário -Geral das Naçóes Unidas, em 23 de Setembro de 2005, uma objecçáo à declaraçáo formulada pela República Árabe Síria no momento da adesáo à Convençáo Internacional para a Eliminaçáo do Financiamento do Terrorismo, adoptada em Nova Iorque em 9 de Dezembro de 1999.Notificaçáo
The Government of the Republic of Estonia has carefully examined the reservation relating to Article 2, paragraph 1, sub -paragraph (b) of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism made by the Syrian Arab Republic at the time of its accession to the Convention. The Government of Estonia considers the Syrian reservation to be contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention, namely the suppression of the financing of terrorist acts, irrespective of where they take place or who carries them out.
The object and purpose of the Convention is to suppress the financing of terrorist acts, including those defined in Article 2, paragraph 1, sub -paragraph (b).
The Government of Estonia finds that such acts can never be justified with reference to resistance to foreign occupation.
Furthermore, the Government of Estonia is in the position that the reservation is contrary to the terms of Article 6 of the Convention, according to which States Parties commit themselves to 'adopt such measures as may be necessary, including, where appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal acts within the scope of this Convention are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature'.
The Government of Estonia recalls that according to Article 19, sub -paragraph (c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention shall not be permitted. It is in the common interest of states that all parties respect the treaties to which they have chosen to become parties as to their object and purpose, and that states are prepared to take all necessary measures to comply with their obligations under the treaties.
The Government of Estonia therefore objects to the afore -mentioned reservation made by the Syrian Arab Republic to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. This objection shall not preclude the entry into force of the Convention between...
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