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Article 11 of the 1997 Mine Ban Convention stipulates that annual
meetings of states parties shall be convened by the United Nations
Secretary General until the first Review Conference of the Convention
in 2004. The location of the annual meetings alternate between a
mine-affected country and the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The "First Meeting of States Parties to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty"
(FMSP) was held in Maputo, Mozambique from 3-7 May 1999,
attended by 108 governments. The International Campaign to Ban
Landmines (ICBL) participated in this meeting as an observer and held
its own second General Meeting (GM) directly afterwards from 8-9 May
1999. The FMSP established the Intersessional Work Programme and
adopted a format for Article 7 transparency reporting. This report
provides an overview and assessment of the FMSP and includes all
official meeting documents, ICBL documents and components of
campaign and participant kits. The report also includes reports, action
plans and the Final Statement from the ICBL's second GM.
Language: English
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
(Washington, DC: ICBL, 1999)
110 Maryland Ave NE, Box 6, Suite 509,
Washington, DC 20002 USA
tel: 1-202-547-2667
fax: 1-202-547-2687
email: icbl@icbl.org
web: http://www.icbl.org
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