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This paper describes the lack of a global agreement on the suppression of terrorism. The author states that the problem of definition is recognized as a main factor for such a failure. The paper analyzes the issues surrounding international terrorism, in particular, the international legal response to terrorism and the limits and possibilities of legal control of terrorism by regional arrangements. The author proposes that the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) should have a regional convention to suppress terrorism, in view of the ever-present threat of terrorism in the region and the absence of an effective international convention.