appropriate provisions in law or treaty for that purpose. Criminal laws relating to the unlawful seizure of aircraft WHEREAS the unlawful seizure of aircraft and other forms of unlawful interference with international civil aviation and its facilities pose a grave menace to the safe operation of international civil air services and undermines the confidence of the peoples of the world in the safety of international civil aviation; and WHEREAS deterrence of such acts can be greatly facilitated through the enactment by Contracting States of national criminal laws providing severe penalties for such acts and through vigorous efforts by Contracting States to assure that the perpetrators of such acts are tried. THE ASSEMBLY: NOTING that not all Contracting States have national criminal laws dealing with all cases of unlawful seizure of aircraft and other forms of unlawful interference with international civil aviation and its facilities, URGES Contracting States which have not already done so to enact, with all possible expedition, national criminal laws carrying severe penalties for the unlawful seizure of aircraft and other forms of / ... A/40/445 English Page 26 Al7-7: ----- Al7-23: unlawful interference with international civil aviation and its facilities. Strengthening of existing arrangement for extradition WHEREAS acts which unlawfully interfere with international civil aviation jeopardize the safety thereof, seriously affect the operation of international air services and undermine the confidence of the peoples of the world in the safety of international civil aviation; THE ASSEMBLY CALLS UPON Contracting States to strengthen existing arrangements for the extradition of persons making criminal attacks on international civil aviation by the necessary provision in law or treaty to make such acts extraditable. Circulation of a paper on the linking of bilateral air agreements to ICAO international conventions relating to unlawful interference with civil aviation THE ASSEMBLY: 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to international aviation and the regulation of criminal activities that affect the safety of international civil air services. The text mentions the need for Contracting States to enact national criminal laws and strengthen existing arrangements for extradition to deter and punish such acts. This suggests that the text is focused on the regulation of international transportation, specifically air travel.

**Category**
Transport and communication