1. Each State Party undertakes to never, under any circumstances:

(a)

Use of anti-personnel mines;

(b)

Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, store, store or transfer to any person, directly or indirectly, anti-personnel mines;

(c)

To assist, encourage or induce, in any way, anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention.

2. Each State Party undertakes to destroy all anti-personnel mines, or to ensure their destruction, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.

"Anti-personnel mine" means a mine designed to explode as a result of the presence, proximity or contact of a person and intended to combat, injure or kill one or more persons. Mines designed to explode due to the presence, proximity or contact of a vehicle and not a person, who are equipped with anti-handling devices, are not considered to be anti-personnel mines due to the presence of This device.

2. "Mine" means a device designed to be placed under or on or near the ground or other surface, and to explode as a result of the presence, proximity or contact of a person or vehicle.

3. "Anti-handling device" means a device intended to protect a mine and which is part of the mine, is attached to, attached to or placed under the mine, and which is triggered in the event of tampering or otherwise Intentional disturbance of the mine.

"Transfer" means, in addition to the material withdrawal of anti-personnel mines from the territory of a State or their physical introduction to that of another State, the transfer of the right of ownership and control over such mines, but not the transfer of one Land on which anti-personnel mines have been established.

5. "Mined area" means a danger zone due to the presence or suspected presence of mines.

1. Notwithstanding general obligations under s. 1, permits the conservation or transfer of a number of anti-personnel mines for the development of mine detection, mine clearance or mine destruction technologies, and for training in such technologies. However, the number of such mines should not exceed the minimum necessary for the above mentioned purposes.

2. The transfer of anti-personnel mines for destruction is permitted.

Subject to the provisions of Art. 3, each State Party undertakes to destroy all stockpiles of anti-personnel mines owned or held by it or under its jurisdiction or control, or to ensure their destruction, as soon as possible, and no later than four years after The entry into force of this Convention for that State Party.

Each State Party undertakes to destroy all anti-personnel mines in mined areas under its jurisdiction or control, or to ensure their destruction, as soon as possible, and no later than ten years after the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party.

2. Each State Party shall endeavour to identify all areas under its jurisdiction or control where the presence of anti-personnel mines is known or suspected and shall ensure, as soon as possible, that all areas mined under its jurisdiction or control Where anti-personnel mines are located throughout their perimeter, guarded and protected by a fence or other means to effectively prevent civilians from entering it, until all anti-personnel mines Contained in these mined areas have been destroyed. This marking shall comply, at a minimum, with the standards prescribed by the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Traps and Other Devices, as amended on 3 May 1996, annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Limitation of the use of certain conventional weapons which may be considered to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects.

3. If a State Party does not believe that it can destroy all the anti-personnel mines referred to in subs. 1, or to ensure their destruction within the prescribed time limit, it may submit to the Assembly of States Parties or to a Review Conference a request for an extension, up to ten years, of the deadline for the complete destruction of these mines Anti-personnel

4. The application must include:

(a)

Duration of the proposed extension;

(b)

Detailed explanations of the reasons for the proposed extension, including:

(i)

The preparation and progress of the work carried out under the national demining programmes,

(ii)

The financial and technical means available to the State Party for the destruction of all anti-personnel mines, and

(iii)

The circumstances that prevent the State Party from destroying all anti-personnel mines in mined areas;

(c)

The humanitarian, social, economic and environmental implications of the extension; and

(d)

Any other relevant information relating to the proposed extension.

5. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Review Conference, taking into account the factors set out in subs. 4, evaluates the application and decides by a majority of the States Parties present and voting whether or not to grant the extension period.

6. Such an extension may be renewed upon submission of a new application in accordance with s. 3 to 5 of this article. The State Party shall attach to its request for further extension additional relevant information on what has been undertaken during the previous extension period under this Article.

1. In fulfilling the obligations arising from this Convention, each State Party shall have the right to seek and receive assistance from other States Parties, if possible and to the extent possible.

(2) Each State Party undertakes to facilitate the widest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technical information concerning the application of this Convention and has the right to participate in such an exchange. States Parties shall not impose undue restrictions on the provision, for humanitarian purposes, of demining equipment and corresponding technical information.

Each State Party which is in a position to do so shall provide assistance for the care of mine victims, for their rehabilitation, for their social and economic reintegration and for mine awareness programmes. Such assistance may be provided, inter alia, through United Nations agencies, international, regional or national organizations or institutions, the International Committee of the Red Cross, National Societies Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and their International Federation, non-governmental organizations or on a bilateral basis.

4. Each State Party that is in a position to do so will provide assistance in demining and related activities. Such assistance may be provided, inter alia, through United Nations bodies, international or regional organizations or institutions, non-governmental organizations or institutions, or on a bilateral basis, or Further contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund for Mine Action Assistance or other regional funds that cover mine clearance.

5. Each State Party that is in a position to do so will provide assistance in the destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines.

6. Each State Party undertakes to provide information to the database on demining established within the framework of the United Nations system, in particular information on various means and techniques for demining, as well as Lists of experts, specialised bodies or national contact points in the field of demining.

7. States Parties may ask the United Nations, regional organizations, other States Parties or other relevant intergovernmental or non-governmental bodies to assist their authorities in the development of a national programme of Demining to determine, among other things:

(a)

The extent and extent of the landmine problem;

(b)

The financial, technological and human resources required to deliver the program;

(c)

The estimated number of years required to destroy all anti-personnel mines in mined areas under the jurisdiction or control of the State Party concerned;

(d)

Mine awareness activities that will reduce the impact of mine-related injury or loss on human life;

(e)

Assistance to mine victims;

(f)

The relationship between the government of the State Party concerned and the relevant governmental, intergovernmental or non-governmental entities involved in the implementation of the programme.

8. States Parties which provide or receive assistance under the terms of this Article shall cooperate with a view to ensuring the speedy and full implementation of approved assistance programmes.

Each State Party shall submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as soon as possible, and in any event not later than 180 days after the entry into force of this Convention for that State, a report on:

(a)

National enforcement measures referred to in s. 9;

(b)

The total stockpiles of anti-personnel mines owned or held or under its jurisdiction or control, including a breakdown by type, quantity and, if possible, by lot number for each type of mine Anti-personnel stored

(c)

Wherever possible, the location of all mined areas under its jurisdiction or control where the presence of anti-personnel mines is proven or suspected, including the maximum number of possible details on the type and quantity of each The type of anti-personnel mines in each mined area and the date they were set up;

(d)

The types and quantities and, where possible, the lot numbers of all anti-personnel mines retained or transferred for the development of mine detection, mine clearance or mine destruction technologies, and for training Or those transferred for destruction, as well as the institutions authorized by a State Party to retain or transfer anti-personnel mines in accordance with Art. 3;

(e)

The state of programmes for the conversion or decommissioning of anti-personnel mine production facilities;

(f)

The status of the anti-personnel mine destruction programs referred to in s. 4 and 5, including details of the methods to be used for the destruction, the location of all destruction sites and the standards to be observed in the field of environmental safety and protection;

(g)

The types and quantities of all anti-personnel mines destroyed after the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party, including a breakdown of the quantity of each type of anti-personnel mine destroyed, in accordance with Art. 4 and 5, respectively, as well as, where possible, the batch numbers of each type of anti-personnel mine in the case of destruction under s. 4;

(h)

The technical characteristics of each type of anti-personnel mines produced, to the extent that they are known, as well as those of which the State Party is currently the owner or holder, including, to a reasonable extent, the type of Information that may facilitate the identification and removal of anti-personnel mines; at a minimum, this information will include dimensions, type of match, explosive and metal content, colour photographs and any other information Intelligence that can facilitate mine clearance; and

(i)

The measures taken to promptly and effectively alert the population to all areas identified in accordance with subs. 2 of the art. 5.

2. The States Parties shall update annually, covering the last calendar year, the information provided in accordance with this Article and shall communicate them to the Secretary-General of the United Nations no later than 30 April of each year.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit the reports received to the States Parties.

States Parties agree to consult and cooperate on the implementation of the provisions of this Convention and to work in a spirit of cooperation in order to facilitate compliance by States Parties with obligations Arising from the present Convention.

2. If one or more States parties wish to clarify matters relating to compliance with the provisions of this Convention by another State Party, and seek to respond to them, they may submit, through the Secretary-General Of the United Nations, a request for clarification of this question to that State Party. This application will be accompanied by all appropriate information. States Parties shall refrain from requests for unfounded clarifications, taking care to avoid abuse. The State Party receiving a request for clarification will provide the requesting State Party, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with all information that would help to clarify this issue within 28 days.

3. If the requesting State Party does not receive a response through the Secretary-General of the United Nations within that period, or considers the response to the request for clarification unsatisfactory, it may refer the matter to the next Assembly States parties through the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit this request, together with all relevant information relating to the request for clarification, to all States Parties. All such information shall be transmitted to the requested State Party, which shall have the right to formulate an answer.

4. Pending the convening of an Assembly of States Parties, any State Party concerned may request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to exercise its good offices in order to facilitate the presentation of the requested clarifications.

5. The requesting State Party may propose, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the convening of an extraordinary Assembly of States Parties to consider the matter. The Secretary-General of the United Nations will then communicate this proposal and all information submitted by the States Parties concerned to all States Parties, asking them to indicate whether they are in favour of an Extraordinary Assembly States Parties to consider the matter. In the event that, within 14 days of this communication, at least one third of the States Parties opt for such an Extraordinary Assembly, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene this extraordinary Assembly of States Parties in A new period of 14 days. A quorum shall be present in this Chamber if the majority of the States Parties attend.

6. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, as the case may be, will first determine whether it is necessary to further consider the matter, taking into account all the information submitted by the States Parties Concerned. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, shall endeavour to reach a decision by consensus. If, despite all these efforts, no agreement is reached, the matter shall be put to the vote and the decision shall be taken by a majority of the States Parties present and voting.

7. All States Parties shall cooperate fully with the Assembly of States Parties or with the Special Assembly of States Parties to the consideration of the item, including any fact-finding mission authorized in accordance with para. 8.

8. If further clarification is required, the Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, shall authorize the sending of a fact-finding mission and shall determine its mandate by a majority of the States Parties Present and voting. At any time, the requested State Party may invite a fact-finding mission to its territory. This mission will not have to be authorized by a decision of the Assembly of States Parties or an Extraordinary Assembly of the States Parties. The mission, composed of up to nine experts, designated and approved in accordance with paras. 9 and 10, may collect additional information on the spot or in other places directly related to the alleged non-compliance and under the jurisdiction or control of the requested State Party.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall prepare and update a list indicating, as provided by States Parties, the names and nationalities of qualified experts, as well as any other information relevant to them, and shall communicate it to all States Parties. The expert appearing on the list shall be considered as designated for all fact-finding missions, unless a State Party objects in writing to its designation. The challenged expert shall not participate in any fact-finding mission to the territory or any other place under the jurisdiction or control of the State Party which has objected to its designation, provided that the recusal has been served before the The appointment of the expert for such a mission.

10. Upon receipt of an application by the Assembly of States Parties or an Extraordinary Assembly of States Parties, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall appoint, after consultation with the requested State Party, the members of the Mission, including its leader. Nationals of States Parties requesting the fact-finding mission, and those of States which are directly affected, shall not be designated as members of the mission. The members of the fact-finding mission shall enjoy the privileges and immunities provided for in Art. VI of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, adopted on 13 February 1946.

11. After at least 72 hours' notice, the members of the fact-finding mission shall surrender as soon as possible in the territory of the requested State Party. The requested State Party shall take the necessary administrative measures to accommodate, transport and house the mission. It will also be responsible for ensuring, as far as possible, the security of the members of the mission as long as they are on a territory under its control.

12. Without prejudice to the sovereignty of the requested State Party, the fact-finding mission may bring to the territory of the State Party requested only the equipment which will be used exclusively for the collection of information on the Suspected non-compliance. Prior to arrival, the Mission will inform the requested State Party of the equipment it intends to use during its work.

The requested State Party shall make every effort to provide the members of the fact-finding mission with the opportunity to confer with all persons who may provide information on the alleged non-compliance.

The requested State Party shall grant the fact-finding mission access to all areas and installations under its control where it may be possible to collect relevant facts relating to the case of non-compliance with Question. Such access shall be subject to the measures which the requested State Party considers necessary for:

(a)

Protection of equipment, information and sensitive areas;

(b)

Protection of the constitutional obligations that may be placed upon the requested State party with respect to property rights, searches and seizures, and other constitutional rights; or

(c)

The physical protection and safety of the members of the fact-finding mission.

In the event that such measures are taken, the requested State Party shall make every reasonable effort to demonstrate by other means that it complies with this Convention.

15. The fact-finding mission may not reside in the territory of the State Party concerned more than 14 days, and on a particular site, more than seven days, unless otherwise agreed.

16. All information provided in confidence and not related to the purpose of the fact-finding mission shall be treated in a confidential manner.

17. The fact-finding mission shall communicate its findings, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the Assembly of States Parties or to the Special Assembly of States Parties.

18. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, shall examine all relevant information, including the report submitted by the fact-finding mission, and may request the requested State Party to Take measures to correct the situation of non-compliance within a fixed period. The requested State Party will report on the measures taken in response to that request.

19. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, may recommend to the States Parties concerned measures and means to further clarify or resolve the matter under consideration, including the opening of Appropriate procedures in accordance with international law. In the event that non-compliance is attributable to circumstances beyond the control of the requested State Party, the Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, may recommend appropriate measures, in particular the Recourse to cooperation measures referred to in Art. 6.

20. The Assembly of States Parties, or the Special Assembly of States Parties, shall endeavour to take the decisions referred to in s. 18 and 19 by consensus or, failing that, by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties present and voting.

Each State Party shall take all appropriate legislative, regulatory and other measures, including the imposition of criminal sanctions, to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention, Which would be carried out by persons, or within a territory, under its jurisdiction or control.

1. The States Parties shall consult and cooperate to resolve any dispute arising in respect of the application or interpretation of this Convention. Each State Party may bring this dispute before the Assembly of States Parties.

2. The Assembly of States Parties may contribute to the settlement of the dispute by any means it deems appropriate, including by offering its good offices, by inviting the States Parties to the dispute to initiate the settlement procedure of their choice and Recommending a limit to the duration of the agreed procedure.

(3) This Article shall be without prejudice to the provisions of this Convention on aid and clarification concerning compliance with its provisions.

States Parties shall meet on a regular basis to consider any matter concerning the implementation or implementation of this Convention, including:

(a)

The operation and status of this Convention;

(b)

The issues raised in the reports submitted under the provisions of this Convention;

(c)

International cooperation and assistance in accordance with art. 6;

(d)

The development of demining technologies;

(e)

The requests of States parties under Art. 8; and

(f)

The decisions associated with the requests of States parties under Art. 5.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the first Assembly of the States Parties within one year of the entry into force of this Convention. The Secretary-General of the United Nations will also convene the subsequent Assemblies annually until the first Review Conference.

3. Under the conditions prescribed in s. 8, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene an Extraordinary Meeting of the States Parties.

4. States not party to this Convention, as well as the United Nations, other relevant international organizations or institutions, regional organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations Relevant government may be invited to attend such meetings as observers, in accordance with the agreed rules of procedure.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene a Review Conference five years after the entry into force of this Convention. The subsequent Review Conferences shall be convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations if requested by one or more States Parties, provided that the interval between the Review Conferences is not less than five years. All States Parties to this Convention shall be invited to each Review Conference.

2. The purpose of the Review Conference is to:

(a)

Review the operation and status of this Convention;

(b)

To assess the need to convene additional Assemblies of the States Parties referred to in subs. 2 of the art. 11, and to determine the interval between these Assemblies;

(c)

To make decisions concerning the requests of the States Parties provided for in Art. 5; and

(d)

To adopt in its final report, if necessary, conclusions concerning the application of this Convention.

3. States not party to this Convention, as well as the United Nations, other relevant international organizations or institutions, regional organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations Relevant government may be invited to attend each Review Conference as observers in accordance with the agreed rules of procedure.

1. At any time after the entry into force of this Convention, a State Party may propose amendments to this Convention. Any proposed amendment shall be communicated to the Depositary, which shall circulate it to all the States Parties and shall gather their opinion as to the desirability of convening an Amendment Conference to consider the proposal. If a majority of the States Parties notify the Depositary not later than 30 days after the proposal has been circulated, that they are in favour of further consideration, the Depositary shall convene an Amendment Conference, to which all States parties will be invited.

2. States not party to this Convention, as well as the United Nations, other relevant international organizations or institutions, regional organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations Relevant government may be invited to attend each Amendment Conference as observers in accordance with the agreed rules of procedure.

3. The Amendment Conference shall be held immediately after an Assembly of the States Parties or a Review Conference, unless a majority of the States Parties request that it meet earlier.

4. Any amendment to this Convention shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties present and voting at the Amendment Conference. The Depositary shall communicate any amendment thus adopted to the States Parties.

5. An amendment to this Convention shall enter into force, for all States party to this Convention which have accepted it, at the time of filing with the Depositary of instruments of acceptance by a majority of the States Parties. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for any other State Party at the date of the deposit of its instrument of acceptance.

The costs of the Assemblies of the States Parties, the Extraordinary Assemblies of the States Parties, the Review Conferences and the Amendment Conferences shall be borne by the States Parties and the States not party to this Convention participating in Such meetings or conferences in accordance with the duly adjusted scale of assessments of the United Nations.

2. Costs attributable to the Secretary-General of the United Nations under s. 7 and 8 and the costs of any fact-finding mission shall be borne by the States Parties in accordance with the duly adjusted scale of assessments of the United Nations.

This Convention, made in Oslo, Norway, on 18 September 1997, shall be open for signature by all States in Ottawa, Canada, from 3 December 1997 to 4 December 1997, and at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 December 1997 until its entry into Vigor.

(1) This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by Signatories.

2. This Convention shall be open for accession by any non-signatory State.

3. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.

(1) This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the sixth month following that in which the ^E Instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited.

2. For any State which deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession after the date of deposit of the 40 ^E Instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the sixth month after the date on which that State has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance and approval Or membership.

A State may, at the time of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to this Convention, declare that it shall apply, on a provisional basis, subs. 1 of the art. 1, pending the entry into force of this Convention.

The articles of this Convention shall not be subject to reservations.

(1) This Convention shall be of unlimited duration.

(2) Each State Party shall have the right, in the exercise of its national sovereignty, to withdraw from this Convention. It shall notify all other States Parties, the Depositary and the United Nations Security Council of this withdrawal. This instrument of withdrawal includes a full explanation of the reasons for the withdrawal.

The withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after receipt of the instrument of withdrawal by the Depositary. However, if at the end of those six months the withdrawing State Party is engaged in an armed conflict, the withdrawal will not take effect until the end of the armed conflict.

4. The withdrawal of a State Party from this Convention shall in no way affect the duty of States to continue to fulfil their obligations under the relevant rules of international law.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be hereby designated as the Depositary of this Convention.

The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Done at Oslo on 18 September 1997.

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