560. For Tunisia, economic globalization should, moreover, be accompanied by a globalization of solidarity, in order to create a dynamism of partnership and codevelopment capable of filling the unfair gap which separates the rich countries from the poor ones, instead and in place of the traditional aid which has reached its limits, by integrating the citizens of all the regions of the world in a vast project of shared progress. 561. The economic and social disparities which separate the peoples of the North from those of the South generate a multifaceted malexistence which is liable to become the ideal breeding ground for terrorist acts and fear which is used by the preachers of hatred of the various fundamentalisms. It is for this reason that globalization with a human face calls for measures stamped with justice and a fine tuning of the appropriate development strategies to promote a climate in which it would be possible to build stable relationships between nations, to establish a constructive dialogue and to conceive viable globalization. 562. Tunisia did not wait for the events of the 11th September 2001 to adopt an appropriate legal framework for the combat against terrorism and to support the international efforts aimed at eradicating this plague. It considers that the combat against terrorism needs to be engaged through the intensification of efforts at international cooperation, by means of a complete and universal legal mechanism which would allow the plugging of the sources of funding for terrorism, to punish the perpetrators and to refuse them any sanctuary which would serve them as a rear base for the preparation and execution of terrorist acts or for escaping legal action. 563. Deeply convinced of the need to respect the rules of international law, the principles enunciated in the United Nations Charter and the provisions of the International Conventions on the combat against terrorism, Tunisia has ratified the relevant Conventions in this field. In short, Tunisia has acceded to the following International Conventions and Protocols: – The International Convention against hostage taking, adopted in New York on the 17th December 1979 (Accession by Tunisia on the 3rd March 1997); – International Convention for the repression of terrorist attacks with explosives, adopted in New York on the 15th December 1997 (Accession by Tunisia on the 14/02/2004); – International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism, adopted in New York on the 9th December 1999 (Signed by Tunisia on the 2nd November 2001 and ratified on the 24th February 2003); – International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism (signed by Tunisia on the 2nd November 2001). The National Assembly had approved this initiative by adopting the law n° 2002-99 of 25th November 2002, and the President of the Republic had ratified the Convention under the terms of the Decree n° 441 of 24th February 2003, thereby representing the entry into force of the Convention on Tunisian territory. Furthermore, Tunisia has acceded to other international conventions related to the combat against terrorism. They are the United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime. Signed by Tunisia on the 14th December 2000 and ratified on the 23rd September 2000 and the Additional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime aimed at preventing, 117