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

Urgently calls upon all States that have not yet done so to take all measures to become parties, as soon as possible, to the Convention and the Protocols thereto, and in particular to amended Protocol II, with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to this instrument at an early date, and calls upon successor States to take appropriate measures so that ultimately adherence to these instruments will be universal; calls, in particular, upon the States parties to the Convention to express their consent to be bound by the amended Protocol II with a view to its entry into force as soon as possible, and pending its entry into force, to respect and ensure respect for its substantive provisions to the fullest extent possible; commends the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) to all State, with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to this instrument at an early date and calls in particular, upon 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; 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.

Adopted without vote, 67th meeting

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Adopted at the 67th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1997.