The Assembly,

• Having heard of the terrible fate of many interpreters, interpreter/guides and their family members living and working in zones of conflict.
• Realising that whilst most members of AIIC may not be in mortal danger when exercising their profession, they nevertheless risk being subjected to psychological pressure or even physical harm under certain circumstances.
• Recalling that interpreters have for centuries played the role of intermediary between opposing forces and have contributed greatly to bringing understanding and peace to areas of conflict.
• Underscoring that AIIC strives to inculcate in its members the need for a professionally neutral and impartial approach and absolute confidentiality which it seeks to project to the world as the fundamental requirements of all interpreters.
• Believing that AIIC should not remain silent in the face of the suffering of persons who, in the eyes of the world, are exercising the same or a similar profession to members of AIIC.

Decides to create a project within AIIC, in the same spirit of inclusiveness and solidarity as the "Teranga" project, and possibly as its continuation. It would be aimed at achieving a new 'social contract' intended to support and protect interpreters working in conflict areas by:

• drawing attention to their fate;
• advising these interpreters through the AIIC website of their right to fair treatment and protection, but also of their obligations as neutral/non-partisan intermediaries and of the major principles of the profession of interpreter;
• supporting the ETI project which provides training modules for these interpreters;
• increasing employers' awareness of the need to protect interpreters both during and after their employment in conflict areas and of the need to provide them with prior information and a proper contract;
• initiating the negotiation of the global terms of such a contract, which should include adequate information, insurance coverage, protection and safe conduct, by approaching international trade unions, employer organizations and the ILO, convincing them of the need for action;
• obtaining a Declaration of the UN General Assembly and/or the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognising and protecting the neutral and impartial status and integrity of all interpreters, thus also helping to reach AIIC's goal of ensuring the international recognition of our own profession.