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PARLIAMENTARY ACTION TO SECURE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OTTAWA CONVENTION BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL
MINES
Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary
Council at its 162nd session (Windhoek, 11 April 1998)
The Inter-Parliamentary Council,
Referring to the resolution entitled " Respect
for International Humanitarian Law and the Banning of Anti-personnel
Mines ", adopted at its 161st session held in Cairo
in September 1997,
- Welcomes the adoption of the Convention on the Prohibition
of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel
Mines and on their Destruction, on the occasion of the Global
Ban on Landmines: Treaty Signing Conference and Mine Action Forum,
held in Ottawa from 2 to 4 December 1997;
- Urges all Governments and Parliaments to take the necessary
steps for the earliest possible ratification of the Convention
so as to ensure the early entry into force of the treaty, and
to work for the adoption of the requisite national enabling legislation
and regulations to secure full respect for its provisions;
- Reiterates its call to all States and other parties to armed conflict to contribute
on an ongoing basis to international landmine clearance efforts,
and once again encourages States to fund the United Nations
Voluntary Trustee Fund for Mine Clearance;
- Further reiterates its call to the governments
and parliaments of the countries concerned to take further action
to promote mine-awareness programmes (including gender- and age-appropriate
programmes), thereby reducing the number and alleviating the plight
of civilian victims;
- Likewise repeats its call to the governments and parliaments
of the countries concerned to release appropriate resources for
the treatment and rehabilitation of landmine victims;
- Urges IPU members to provide detailed responses to
the questionnaire addressed to them by the Committee to Promote
Respect for International Humanitarian Law so that this subsidiary
body may submit to it, at its 163rd session (Moscow, September
1998) a full report assessing national parliamentary action on
the anti-personnel mines.
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