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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
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
(Washington, DC: ICBL, 1996)
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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