Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to take all measures to become parties, as soon as possible, 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 and the Protocols thereto, as amended, as well as the amendment of article I extending the scope of the Convention; calls upon all States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to express their consent to be bound by the Protocols to the Convention; requests the Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services as may be required for the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention to be held on 27 and 28 Nov. 2003, as well as for any possible continuation of work after the Meeting, should the States parties deem it appropriate; also requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, to continue to inform the General Assembly periodically, by electronic means, of ratifications and acceptances of and accessions to the Convention and the Protocols thereto.

Adopted without vote, 71st plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.