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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/74
10 January 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 74
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/50/594)]
50/74.
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
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 49/79 of 15 December 1994 and previous
resolutions referring 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, 1/
Recalling with satisfaction the adoption, on 10 October 1980, of the
Convention, together with the Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol
I), 1/ the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby
Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) 1/ and the Protocol on Prohibitions or
Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III), 1/ which entered
into force on 2 December 1983,
Recalling the commitment by the States that are parties to the
Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto to respect the objectives and the
provisions thereof,
Reaffirming its conviction that a general and verifiable agreement on
prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons would
significantly reduce the suffering of civilians and combatants,
Noting that, in conformity with article 8 of the Convention, conferences
may be convened to examine amendments to the Convention or to any of the
1/
See The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 5:
Nations publication, Sales No. E.81.IX.4), appendix VII.
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