The Banning of Anti-Personnel Landmines Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Foreword by Ambassador Jacob S. Selebi, South Africa
- Foreword by Ambassador Johan Molander, Sweden
- Introduction
- PART 1 FROM PRINCIPLES TO RULES: REGULATING MINES UP TO THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
- PART 2 THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines (Montreux Symposium),Montreux, Switzerland, 21–23 April 1993
- 3 Mines: A Perverse Use of Technology, May 1993
- 4 The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994
- 5 Meetings of governmental experts to prepare the Review Conference, 1994–1995
- 6 ICRC Position Paper No. 1 – February 1995, Landmines and Blinding Weapons: From Expert Group to the Review Conference
- 7 United Nations General Assembly, 1994
- 8 Regional meetings in Africa, 1995
- 9 United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 1995
- 10 First Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, Vienna, Austria, 26 September–13 October 1995
- 11 ICRC Position Paper No. 2 – Landmine Negotiations: Impasse in Vienna Highlights Urgency of National and Regional Measures, November 1995
- 12 United Nations General Assembly, 1995
- 13 Launching of the International Media Campaign against Antipersonnel Landmines by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 1995
- 14 The 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1995
- 15 Second Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, January 1996
- 16 Anti-personnel Landmines: Friend or Foe? A Study of the Military Use and Effectiveness of Anti-personnel Mines, commissioned by the ICRC, March 1996
- 17 Third Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, April–May 1996
- 18 ICRC Position Paper No. 3 – July 1996, Stopping the Landmines Epidemic: From Negotiation to Action
- 19 Making Central America a Mine-free Zone. ICRC Seminar in Managua,Nicaragua, 28–29 May 1996
- PART 3 THE OTTAWA PROCESS FROM REGIONAL INITIATIVES TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
- Index
8 - Regional meetings in Africa, 1995
from PART 2 - THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Foreword by Ambassador Jacob S. Selebi, South Africa
- Foreword by Ambassador Johan Molander, Sweden
- Introduction
- PART 1 FROM PRINCIPLES TO RULES: REGULATING MINES UP TO THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
- PART 2 THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines (Montreux Symposium),Montreux, Switzerland, 21–23 April 1993
- 3 Mines: A Perverse Use of Technology, May 1993
- 4 The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994
- 5 Meetings of governmental experts to prepare the Review Conference, 1994–1995
- 6 ICRC Position Paper No. 1 – February 1995, Landmines and Blinding Weapons: From Expert Group to the Review Conference
- 7 United Nations General Assembly, 1994
- 8 Regional meetings in Africa, 1995
- 9 United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 1995
- 10 First Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, Vienna, Austria, 26 September–13 October 1995
- 11 ICRC Position Paper No. 2 – Landmine Negotiations: Impasse in Vienna Highlights Urgency of National and Regional Measures, November 1995
- 12 United Nations General Assembly, 1995
- 13 Launching of the International Media Campaign against Antipersonnel Landmines by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 1995
- 14 The 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1995
- 15 Second Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, January 1996
- 16 Anti-personnel Landmines: Friend or Foe? A Study of the Military Use and Effectiveness of Anti-personnel Mines, commissioned by the ICRC, March 1996
- 17 Third Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, April–May 1996
- 18 ICRC Position Paper No. 3 – July 1996, Stopping the Landmines Epidemic: From Negotiation to Action
- 19 Making Central America a Mine-free Zone. ICRC Seminar in Managua,Nicaragua, 28–29 May 1996
- PART 3 THE OTTAWA PROCESS FROM REGIONAL INITIATIVES TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
- Index
Summary
As Africa is one of the world's most severely mine-affected regions, it was one of the first areas where the ICRC directed its efforts to encourage States to restrict or ban use of the weapons. In 1995, in cooperation with the OAU, regional seminars were held in Addis Ababa (23–24 February and 11–12 April), Harare (2–3 March) and Yaoundé (25–27 April). The purpose of these meetings was to increase support for a ban or greater restriction on the use of mines, encourage ratification of Protocol II to the 1980 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 (1980 CCW) and promote participation in the forthcoming 1980 CCW Review Conference. The efforts of this early work bore fruit, in particular at the Oslo Diplomatic Conference. It was the determination and resolve of the African States to conclude a strong and unambiguous comprehensive ban treaty that was instrumental in achieving that result. Reproduced here are the final declarations of those 1995 regional seminars.
Regional Seminar on Land-mines and the 1980 UN Convention on Conventional Weapons Addis Ababa 23–24 February 1995
I. The International Committee of the Red Cross in cooperation with the OAU convened a regional seminar on Land-mines and the UN 1980 Convention on certain conventional weapons from 23rd to 24th February, 1995 in Addis Ababa.
II. The following countries participated in the two-day seminar: Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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- The Banning of Anti-Personnel LandminesThe Legal Contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1955–1999, pp. 338 - 348Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000