Annual Report 1999-2000 J\ □ □ expressed its solidarity with victims of terrorism; reiterated its unequivocal condemnation of the acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, threatening the territorial integrity and security of States, destabilising legitimately constituted Governments, undermining pluralistic civil society and having adverse consequences for the economic and social development of States; □ condemned the incitement of ethnic hatred, violence and terrorism; □ called upon States to take all necessary and effective measures in accordance with relevant provisions of international law, including international human rights standards, to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomever committed; and □ urged the international community to enhance cooperation at the regional and international levels in the fight against international terrorism, in accordance with relevant international instmments, including those relating to human rights, with the aim of its eradication. 3.4 Further, the General Assembly also continued to deal with the need to undertake 'measures to eliminate international terrorism' and, in the course of its fifty-fourth session, adopted resolution A/54/110 of 9 December 1999, on this subject. That resolution, inter alia, reiterated: □ it's view that criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them; □ it's call upon all States to adopt further measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law, including international standards of human rights, to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism; and □ it's view that international cooperation as well as the actions of States to combat terrorism should be conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and relevant international conventions. The resolution also decided that an ad hoc Committee of the General Assembly would meet, inter alia, with a view to the elaboration of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism within a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism. 3.5 In the view of this Commission, these resolutions of the General .Assembly have obvious relevance to the situation being faced in this country, musi i.otably in 18