A/HRC/10/29 5. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider taking the necessary action to become parties to the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries; 6. Welcomes the cooperation extended by those countries that received a visit by the Working Group and the adoption by some States of national legislation that restricts the recruitment, assembly, financing, training and transit of mercenaries; 7. Invites States to investigate the possibility of mercenary involvement whenever and wherever criminal acts of a terrorist nature occur; 8. Condemns recent mercenary activities in developing countries in various parts of the world, in particular in areas of conflict, and the threat they pose to the integrity of and respect for the constitutional order of these countries and the exercise of the right to self-determination of their peoples, and commends the Governments of Africa for their collaboration in thwarting these illegal actions; 9. Calls upon the international community, in accordance with its obligations under international law, to cooperate with and assist the judicial prosecution of those accused of mercenary activities in transparent, open and fair trials; 10. Acknowledges with appreciation the work and contributions made by the Working Group, and takes note with appreciation of its latest report (A/HRC/10/14); 11. Requests the Working Group to continue the work already done by the previous special rapporteurs on the strengthening of the international legal framework for the prevention and sanction of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries, taking into account the proposal for a new legal definition of a mercenary drafted by the Special Rapporteur in his report submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session (E/CN.4/2004/15); 12. Notes with appreciation the work of the Working Group on its elaboration of concrete principles on the regulation of private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military security-related services on the international market, carried out by the Working Group after country visits and through the process of regional consultations, and consultation with academics and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and reflected in the reports of the Working Group submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session and to the Council at its tenth session; 13. Requests the Working Group: (a) To consult with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and experts on the content and scope of a possible draft convention on private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military securityrelated services on the international market, and an accompanying model law, and other legal instruments; (b) To share with Member States, through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, elements for a possible draft convention on private military and security companies, to request their input on the content and scope of such a convention and to transmit their replies to the Working Group; (c) To report to the Council at its fifteenth session on the progress achieved in the elaboration of the draft legal instrument for proper consideration and action; 14. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, as a matter of priority, to publicize the adverse effects of the activities of mercenaries and private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and other military security-related services on the 26 GE.09-17451