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 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
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SymbolA/RES/63/85
TitleConvention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
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, with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to these instruments at an early date, and so as to ultimately achieve their universality; 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 and the amendment extending the scope of the Convention and the Protocols thereto to include armed conflicts of a non-international character; emphasizes the importance of the universalization of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V); requests the Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services, including summary records, as may be required for the Second Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V, to be held on 10 and 11 Nov. 2008, for the 10th Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, to be held on 12 Nov. 2008, and for the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, to be held on 13-14 Nov. 2008, as well as for any continuation of work after the meetings.
Action note2008-12-02
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 61st plenary meeting
DraftA/C.1/63/L.31
Committee reportA/63/393
Meeting record
A/63/PV.61
Date[New York] : UN, 13 Jan. 2009
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3 p.
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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.