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Protocols, and upon successor States to take appropriate measures so that
ultimately adherence to these instruments will be universal;
4.
Calls upon the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary of
the Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto, to continue to inform it
periodically of ratifications and acceptances of and accessions to the
Convention and the Protocols;
5.
Takes note with appreciation of the final report of 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, adopted at Geneva
on 3 May 1996;5
6.
Commends the amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on
the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II)3 to all States,
with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to this instrument at
an early date, and calls, in particular, on the States parties to express
their consent to be bound by the Protocol with a view to its entry into force
as soon as possible;
7.
Again commends the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol
IV)2 to all States, with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to
this instrument at an early date, and calls, in particular, on the States
parties to express their consent to be bound by the Protocol with a view to
its entry into force as soon as possible;
8.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "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".
79th plenary meeting
10 December 1996
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CCW/CONF.I/16 (Part I).