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© ACJC 2014 8814/JC2 Preliminary Examinations/14 1 ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE Preliminary Examinations JC2 HISTORY 8814/01 Paper 1 International History, 1945-2000 28 August 2014 3 hours Additional Materials: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your class, index number, and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. Begin each question on a fresh sheet of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 4 printed pages. © ACJC History Department 2014 [Turn over

© ACJC 2014 8814/JC2 Preliminary Examinations/14 2 Section A You must answer Question 1. THE UNITED NATIONS AND LAWS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 1 Read the sources and then answer the question. When answering Question 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the Sources both individually and as a group. Source A Prior to the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001) and the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the international community through t he General Assembly had already promulgated 12 of the current 16 international counter-terrorism legal instruments. However, the rate of adherence to these conventions and protocols by United Nations Member States was low. The General Assembly has focused on terrorism as an international problem since 1972 and, through the 1980s, addressed the issue intermittently through re solutions. During this period, the Assembly also adopted two instruments related to counter-terrorism: the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (in 1973) and the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages (in 1979). In December 1994, the Assembly again directed attention to this issue through a Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism. In 1996, a supplement to this Declaration established an Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate an international convention for the suppression of terrorist bombings and, subsequently, an international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism, to supplement related existing international instruments, and thereafter to address