This book brings together in one location the treaties and agreements that the international community has adopted to meet the threat of terrorism. This text includes documentation of twelve international conventions and protocols that cover terrorist acts involving aircraft, the maritime world, nuclear and plastic explosives, bombings, and the financing of terrorist activities. It also includes seven regional internatinal agreements covering terrorism and two draft conventions being considered by the United Nations. Valuable appendices include the status of international conventions pertaining to international terrorism and a brief chronology of significant terrorist incidents from 1961 to 2003.
