Report on Activities: Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (Second Resumed Session)

Negotiating to amend the Convention on Conventional Weapons
(CCW) began in Vienna, Austria in 1995 and continued from 22 April -
3 May 1996 in Geneva, Switzerland. States Parties to CCW supported
revisions to CCW Amended Protocol II, to regulate landmine use, a
stance the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) rejected
as woefully inadequate and unlikely to make a significant difference in
stemming the global landmines crisis. By the end of the meeting, a
total of 41 governments had endorsed the ICBL call for a complete and
immediate ban on antipersonnel mines, including several that met on
the sidelines of the conference to chart a new path forward. The report
on activities at this conference details how the ICBL mobilized civil
society and government support and moved forward, beyond
regulating landmines to banning them.

Language: English

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