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Protocols thereto, to examine additional protocols concerning other categories
of conventional weapons not covered by the existing Protocols or to review the
scope and application of the Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto and
to examine any proposed amendments or additional protocols,
Noting with satisfaction that the group of governmental experts
established to prepare a conference to review the Convention and the Protocols
annexed thereto held four meetings and completed its work by submitting a
final report,
Welcoming the fact that the Review Conference of the States Parties to
the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to
Have Indiscriminate Effects met at Vienna from 25 September to 13 October
1995, in accordance with article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention and that,
in addition to the States parties, forty other States attended and took an
active part in the Conference,
Particularly welcoming the adoption on 13 October 1995 of the Protocol
on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) 2/ annexed to the Convention,
Noting that the Review Conference was not able to complete its work in
reviewing the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines,
Booby Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II), and the decision of the
Conference therefore to continue its work,
Recalling the role played by the International Committee of the Red
Cross in the elaboration of the Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto,
Noting with satisfaction the convening by the Secretary-General of the
International Meeting on Mine Clearance at Geneva from 5 to 7 July 1995, and
that substantial contributions to the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in
Mine Clearance were pledged at the Conference,
Welcoming the national measures adopted by Member States relating to the
transfer, the production or the reduction of existing stockpiles of
anti-personnel land-mines,
Desirous of reinforcing international cooperation in the area of
prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons, in
particular for the removal of minefields, mines and booby traps,
Recalling in this respect its resolutions 48/7 of 19 October 1993 and
49/215 of 23 December 1994 on assistance in mine clearance,
1.
Registers its satisfaction with the report of the SecretaryGeneral; 3/
2.
Welcomes the fact that additional States have ratified or accepted
the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to
Have Indiscriminate Effects, which was opened for signature in New York
on 10 April 1981, or have acceded to the Convention;
2/
CCW/CONF.I/7.
3/
A/50/326.
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