Global action is the only answer to the scourge of terrorism, Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha told delegates at its opening session. He called for the ministers to give an impetus to Council of Europe action against terrorists. ' Terrorism is an encroachment on the principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law at the heart of the Council of Europe, the oldest political organisation in Europe,' he said. He assured delegates that Bulgaria was determined to support the fight against terrorism and strengthen international co-operation.
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The time has come for a comprehensive convention on terrorism, says Walter Schwimmer,
Council of Europe Secretary General
Opening the Conference, the Secretary General has stressed that a new top priority in the immediate future was the elaboration of a Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism of the Council of Europe. ''The time has now come to give a strong political impetus to this initiative and to the opening of negotiations for such an instrument,'' he said.
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