A/RES/68/30
United Nations
Distr.: General
9 December 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 99 (j)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2013
[on the report of the First Committee (A/68/411)]
68/30.
Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of
the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on Their Destruction
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 54/54 B of 1 December 1999, 55/33 V of
20 November 2000, 56/24 M of 29 November 2001, 57/74 of 22 November 2002,
58/53 of 8 December 2003, 59/84 of 3 December 2004, 60/80 of 8 December 2005,
61/84 of 6 December 2006, 62/41 of 5 December 2007, 63/42 of 2 December 2008,
64/56 of 2 December 2009, 65/48 of 8 December 2010, 66/29 of 2 December 2011
and 67/32 of 3 December 2012,
Reaffirming its determination to put an end to the suffering and casualties
caused by anti-personnel mines, which kill or injure thousands of people — women,
girls, boys and men — every year, and which place people living in affected areas at
risk and hinder the development of their communities,
Believing it necessary to do the utmost to contribute in an efficient and
coordinated manner to facing the challenge of removing anti-personnel mines
placed throughout the world and to assure their destruction,
Wishing to do the utmost in ensuring assistance for the care and rehabilitation,
including the social and economic reintegration, of mine victims,
Noting with satisfaction the work undertaken to implement the Convention on
the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel
Mines and on Their Destruction 1 and the substantial progress made towards
addressing the global anti-personnel landmine problem,
Recalling the first to twelfth meetings of the States parties to the Convention,
held in Maputo (1999), Geneva (2000), Managua (2001), Geneva (2002), Bangkok
(2003), Zagreb (2005), Geneva (2006), the Dead Sea (2007), Geneva (2008),
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