Union of the Comoros Signs Five Treaties

Azali Assoumani (left), President of the Union of the Comoros, accessions the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973; the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1979; the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000, and ratifies the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997, and the International convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999. Second from right is Hans Corell (shaking hands with Mr. Assoumani), Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel, and far right is Palitha T.B. Kohona, Chief, Treaty Section.