Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly, Landmine Monitor Report 2000
Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly
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UNITED NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/54
10 January 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 76
Resolutions Adopted by the General
Assembly
[on the report of the First Committee (A/54/563)]
54/54. General and complete disarmament
B
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE,
STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR
DESTRUCTION
Recalling its resolution 53/77 N of 4 December 1998,
Reaffirming its determination to put an end to the suffering and
casualties caused by anti-personnel mines, which kill or maim hundreds of people
every week, mostly innocent and defenceless civilians and especially children,
obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of
refugees and internally displaced persons, and have other severe consequences
for years after emplacement,
Believing it necessary to do the utmost to contribute in an efficient
and coordinated manner to facing the challenge of removing anti-personnel mines
placed throughout the world, and to assure their destruction,
Wishing to do the utmost in ensuring assistance for the care and
rehabilitation, including the social and economic reintegration, of mine
victims,
Welcoming the entry into force on 1 March 1999 of the Convention on
the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-personnel Mines and on Their
Destruction,[3]
Recalling the First Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention,
held at Maputo from 3 to 7 May 1999, and the reaffirmation made in the Maputo
Declaration 4 of a commitment to the total eradication of anti-personnel
mines,
Noting with satisfaction the addition of new States signatories to the
Convention, the rapid ratification by many signatories, and the accession to the
Convention by other States, bringing the total number of States that have signed
to one hundred and thirty-three, and that eighty-nine States have ratified or
acceded to the Convention in the two years since it was opened for
signature,
Emphasizing the desirability of attracting the adherence of all States
to the Convention, and determined to work strenuously towards the promotion of
its universalization,
Noting with regret that anti-personnel mines continue to be used in
conflicts around the world, causing human suffering and impeding post-conflict
development,
1. Invites all States that have not signed the Convention on the
Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel
Mines and on Their
Destruction[4] to accede it
without delay;
Urges all States that have signed but not ratified the Convention to
ratify it without delay;
3. Stresses the importance of the full and effective implementation
of, and compliance with, the Convention;
4. Urges all States parties to provide the Secretary-General with
complete and timely information, as required in article 7 of the Convention in
order to promote transparency and compliance with the Convention;
5. Invites all States that have not ratified the Convention or acceded
to it to provide, on a voluntary basis, information to make global mine action
efforts more effective;
6. Renews its call upon all States and other relevant parties to work
together to promote, support and advance the care, rehabilitation and social and
economic reintegration of mine victims, mine awareness programmes, and the
removal of anti-personnel mines placed throughout the world and the assurance of
their destruction;
7. Invites and encourages all interested States, the United Nations,
other relevant international organizations or institutions, regional
organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and relevant
non-governmental organizations to participate in the programme of
inter-sessional work established at the First Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention;
8. Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with article 11,
paragraph 2, of the Convention, to undertake the preparations necessary to
convene the Second Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention at Geneva,
from 11 to 15 September 2000, and, on behalf of States parties and according to
article 11, paragraph 4, of the Convention, to invite States not parties to the
Convention, as well as the United Nations, other relevant international
organizations or institutions, regional organizations, the International
Committee of the Red Cross and relevant non-governmental organizations to attend
the Meeting as observers;
9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth
session the item entitled “Implementation of the Convention on the
Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel
Mines and on Their Destruction”.
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