In the name of Allah, the Beneficent and Merciful, The Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism Signed at Cairo on 22 April 1998 Entry into force in accordance with Article 40 Depositary: General Secretariat of the League of Arab States Preamble The Arab states signatory hereto, DESIRING to promote mutual cooperation in the suppression of terrorist offences, which pose a threat to the security and stability of the Arab Nation and endanger its vital interests, BEING COMMITTED to the highest moral and religious principles and, in particular, to the tenets of the Islamic Sharia, as well as to the humanitarian heritage of an Arab Nation that rejects all forms of violence and terrorism and advocates the protection of human rights, with which precepts the principles of international law conform, based as they are on cooperation among peoples in the promotion of peace, BEING FURTHER COMMITTED to the Pact of the League of Arab States, the Charter of the United Nations and all the other international covenants and instruments to which the Contracting States to this Convention are parties, AFFIRMING the right of peoples to combat foreign occupation and aggression by whatever means, including armed struggle, in order to liberate their territories and secure their right to self-determination, and independence and to do so in such a manner as to preserve the territorial integrity of each Arab country, of the foregoing being in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the Organization's resolutions. HAVE AGREED to conclude this Convention and to invite any Arab State that did not participate in its conclusion to accede hereto.