Syria signs UN treaty against terror funding

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Syria signs UN treaty against terror funding

April 24, 2005 10:46:00 am

[JURIST] Syria, listed by the US since 1979 as a state sponsor of terrorism, has signed on to a UN treaty [Reuters report] designed to block funding of terrorist activities, according to a UN official speaking Sunday. Syria becomes the 136th nation to sign on to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism [text].

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