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Believing it necessary to do their utmost to contribute in an efficient
and coordinated
manner to face the challenge of removing anti-personnel mines placed
throughout
the
world, and to assure their destruction,
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ARTICLE-1: General obligations [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. Each State Party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of
all anti-personnel
mines in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.
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2. Each State Party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of
all anti-personnel
mines in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.
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ARTICLE-3: Exceptions [go to this ARTICLE]
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1. Notwithstanding the general obligations under Article 1, the
retention
or transfer
of a number of anti-personnel mines for the development of and training
in mine
detection, mine clearance, or mine destruction techniques is permitted.
The amount
of such mines shall not exceed the minimum number absolutely necessary
for the
above-mentioned purposes.
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ARTICLE-4: Destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines [go to this ARTICLE]
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Except as provided for in Article 3, each State Party undertakes to
destroy
or ensure
the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines it owns or
possesses,
or that are
under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as possible but not later
than
four ye ars after
the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party.
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Except as provided for in Article 3, each State Party undertakes to
destroy
or ensure
the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines it owns or
possesses,
or that are
under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as possible but not later
than
four ye ars after
the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party.
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ARTICLE-5: Destruction of anti-personnel mines in mined areas [go to this ARTICLE]
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1. Each State Party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of
all anti-personnel
mines in mined areas under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as
possible
but not later
than ten years after the entry into force of this Convention for that
State
Party.
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1. Each State Party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of
all anti-personnel
mines in mined areas under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as
possible
but not later
than ten years after the entry into force of this Convention for that
State
Party.
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2. Each State Party shall make every effort to identify all areas under
its jurisdiction or
control in which anti-personnel mines are known or suspected to be
emplaced
and
shall ensure as soon as possible that all anti-personnel mines in mined
areas under its
jurisdiction or control are perimeter-marked, monitored and protected
by
fencing or
other means, to ensure the effective exclusion of civilians, until all
anti-personnel mines
contained therein have been destroyed. The marking shall at least be to
the standards
set out in the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of
Mines,
Booby-Traps and Other Devices, as amended on 3 May 1996, annexed 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.
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3. If a State Party believes that it will be unable to destroy or
ensure
the
destruction of all anti-personnel mines referred to in paragraph 1
within
that
time period, it may submit a request to a Meeting of the States Parties
or a
Review Conference for an extension of the deadline for completing the
destruction of such anti-personnel mines, for a period of up to ten
years.
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3. If a State Party believes that it will be unable to destroy or
ensure
the
destruction of all anti-personnel mines referred to in paragraph 1
within
that
time period, it may submit a request to a Meeting of the States Parties
or a
Review Conference for an extension of the deadline for completing the
destruction of such anti-personnel mines, for a period of up to ten
years.
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3. If a State Party believes that it will be unable to destroy or
ensure
the
destruction of all anti-personnel mines referred to in paragraph 1
within
that
time period, it may submit a request to a Meeting of the States Parties
or a
Review Conference for an extension of the deadline for completing the
destruction of such anti-personnel mines, for a period of up to ten
years.
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(ii) The financial and technical means available to the State Party for
the destruction of all the anti-personnel mines; and
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(iii) Circumstances which impede the ability of the State Party to
destroy all the anti-personnel mines in mined areas;
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ARTICLE-6: International cooperation and assistance [go to this ARTICLE]
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5. Each State Party in a position to do so shall provide assistance for
the
destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines.
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c) The estimated number of years necessary to destroy all
anti-personnel
mines in
mined areas under the jurisdiction or control of the concerned State
Party;
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ARTICLE-7: Transparency measures [go to this ARTICLE]
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d) The types, quantities and, if possible, lot numbers of all
anti-personnel
mines retained or transferred for the development of and training in
mine
detection, mine clearance or mine destruction techniques, or
transferred
for
the purpose of destruction, as well as the institutions authorized by a
State Party
to retain or transfer anti-personnel mines, in accordance with Article
3;
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d) The types, quantities and, if possible, lot numbers of all
anti-personnel
mines retained or transferred for the development of and training in
mine
detection, mine clearance or mine destruction techniques, or
transferred
for
the purpose of destruction, as well as the institutions authorized by a
State Party
to retain or transfer anti-personnel mines, in accordance with Article
3;
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f) The status of programs for the destruction of anti-personnel mines
in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, including details of the methods
which
will
be used in destruction, the location of all destruction sites and the
applicable
safety and environmental standards to be observed;
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f) The status of programs for the destruction of anti-personnel mines
in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, including details of the methods
which
will
be used in destruction, the location of all destruction sites and the
applicable
safety and environmental standards to be observed;
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f) The status of programs for the destruction of anti-personnel mines
in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, including details of the methods
which
will
be used in destruction, the location of all destruction sites and the
applicable
safety and environmental standards to be observed;
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g) The types and quantities of all anti-personnel mines destroyed after
the
entry into force of this Convention for that State Party, to include a
breakdown
of the quantity of each type of anti-personnel mine destroyed, in
accordance
with
Articles 4 and 5 , respectively, along with, if possible, the lot
numbers
of each type
of anti-personnel mine in the case of destruction in accordance with
Article
4;
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g) The types and quantities of all anti-personnel mines destroyed after
the
entry into force of this Convention for that State Party, to include a
breakdown
of the quantity of each type of anti-personnel mine destroyed, in
accordance
with
Articles 4 and 5 , respectively, along with, if possible, the lot
numbers
of each type
of anti-personnel mine in the case of destruction in accordance with
Article
4;
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g) The types and quantities of all anti-personnel mines destroyed after
the
entry into force of this Convention for that State Party, to include a
breakdown
of the quantity of each type of anti-personnel mine destroyed, in
accordance
with
Articles 4 and 5 , respectively, along with, if possible, the lot
numbers
of each type
of anti-personnel mine in the case of destruction in accordance with
Article
4;
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