ICP0-Interpol - General Assembly 50th session - Nice - 3rd-10th November 1981

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT individuals and organised groups continue to use explosives to commit acts of violence such as assassinations, unlawful interference with civil aviation, extortion, and other types of crime,

AWARE THAT all countries may be affected by these criminal activities,

NOTING THAT there exists improved technology for detecting industrially manufactured explosive materials by the use of tagging methods, thus increasing the likelihood of preventing bombings,

NOTING THAT there now exists a technology for marking industrially manufactured explosive materials for post-detonation identification which increases the likelihood of successful apprehension, prosecution, and conviction of offenders,

The ICP0-Interpol General Assembly, meeting in Nice from 3rd to 10th November 1981, at its 50th session:

RECOMMENDS THAT in addition to taking all proper steps to improve controls over the production, distribution, sale and storage of explosive substances, member countries which do not already use them, actively consider the introduction of explosives marking and tagging methods and freely exchange scientific information concerning research and development in this field.