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Jimmy Carter: “This Convention affirms that there is no valid excuse for the taking of hostages and that there are no circumstances…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1981
This Convention affirms that there is no valid excuse for the taking of hostages and that there are no circumstances under which the seizure of hostages can be condoned.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Participation in the United Nations Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report

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