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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/38
8 January 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 71
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/52/600)]
52/38.
General and complete disarmament
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production
and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
The General Assembly,
Determined to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines that kill or maim
hundreds of people every week, mostly innocent and defenceless civilians and especially children, obstruct
economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons,
and have other severe consequences for years after emplacement,
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 assuring assistance for the care and rehabilitation, including the social and
economic reintegration, of mine victims,
Recalling its resolution 51/45 S of 10 December 1996 urging all States to pursue vigorously an effective,
legally binding international agreement to ban the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel
landmines with a view to completing the negotiation as soon as possible,
Stressing the role of public conscience in furthering the principles of humanity as evidenced by the call
for a total ban on anti-personnel mines, and recognizing the efforts to that end undertaken by the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and numerous other
non-governmental organizations around the world,
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