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(10.5) - to ensure the extradition or prosecution of persons implicated in terrorist acts
and to co-operate closely in cases of conflict of jurisdiction where several States are
concerned, acting in both respects in accordance with the relevant international agreements;
(10.6) - to consider becoming parties, if they have not yet done so, to the relevant international conventions relating to the suppression of acts of terrorism;
(10.7) - to continue to work in the appropriate international bodies in order to improve
and extend measures against terrorism and to ensure that the relevant agreements are
accepted and acted upon by as many States as possible.
(11) They confirm that they will respect human rights and fundamental freedoms,
including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. They also confirm the universal significance
of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for which is an essential factor for
the peace, justice and security necessary to ensure the development of friendly relations
and cooperation among themselves, as among all States.
(12) They express their determination to guarantee the effective exercise of human
rights and fundamental freedoms, all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the
human person and are essential for his free and full development. They recognize that
civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other rights and freedoms are all of paramount importance and must be fully realized by all appropriate means.
(13) In this context they will
(13.1) - develop their laws, regulations and policies in the field of civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other human rights and fundamental freedoms and put them
into practice in order to guarantee the effective exercise of these rights and freedoms;
(13.2) - consider acceding to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant international
instruments, if they have not yet done so;
(13.3) - publish and disseminate the text of the Final Act, of the Madrid Concluding
Document and of the present Document as well as those of any relevant international
instruments in the field of human rights, in order to ensure the availability of these documents in their entirety, to make them known as widely as possible and to render them
accessible to all individuals in their countries, in particular through public library systems;
(13.4) - effectively ensure the right of the individual to know and act upon his rights and
duties in this field, and to that end publish and make accessible all laws, regulations and
procedures relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms;
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