The Banning of Anti-Personnel Landmines Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Foreword by Ambassador Jacob S. Selebi, South Africa
- Foreword by Ambassador Johan Molander, Sweden
- Introduction
- PART 1 FROM PRINCIPLES TO RULES: REGULATING MINES UP TO THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
- PART 2 THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines (Montreux Symposium),Montreux, Switzerland, 21–23 April 1993
- 3 Mines: A Perverse Use of Technology, May 1993
- 4 The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994
- 5 Meetings of governmental experts to prepare the Review Conference, 1994–1995
- 6 ICRC Position Paper No. 1 – February 1995, Landmines and Blinding Weapons: From Expert Group to the Review Conference
- 7 United Nations General Assembly, 1994
- 8 Regional meetings in Africa, 1995
- 9 United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 1995
- 10 First Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, Vienna, Austria, 26 September–13 October 1995
- 11 ICRC Position Paper No. 2 – Landmine Negotiations: Impasse in Vienna Highlights Urgency of National and Regional Measures, November 1995
- 12 United Nations General Assembly, 1995
- 13 Launching of the International Media Campaign against Antipersonnel Landmines by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 1995
- 14 The 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1995
- 15 Second Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, January 1996
- 16 Anti-personnel Landmines: Friend or Foe? A Study of the Military Use and Effectiveness of Anti-personnel Mines, commissioned by the ICRC, March 1996
- 17 Third Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, April–May 1996
- 18 ICRC Position Paper No. 3 – July 1996, Stopping the Landmines Epidemic: From Negotiation to Action
- 19 Making Central America a Mine-free Zone. ICRC Seminar in Managua,Nicaragua, 28–29 May 1996
- PART 3 THE OTTAWA PROCESS FROM REGIONAL INITIATIVES TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
- Index
4 - The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994
from PART 2 - THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Foreword by Ambassador Jacob S. Selebi, South Africa
- Foreword by Ambassador Johan Molander, Sweden
- Introduction
- PART 1 FROM PRINCIPLES TO RULES: REGULATING MINES UP TO THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
- PART 2 THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines (Montreux Symposium),Montreux, Switzerland, 21–23 April 1993
- 3 Mines: A Perverse Use of Technology, May 1993
- 4 The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994
- 5 Meetings of governmental experts to prepare the Review Conference, 1994–1995
- 6 ICRC Position Paper No. 1 – February 1995, Landmines and Blinding Weapons: From Expert Group to the Review Conference
- 7 United Nations General Assembly, 1994
- 8 Regional meetings in Africa, 1995
- 9 United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 1995
- 10 First Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, Vienna, Austria, 26 September–13 October 1995
- 11 ICRC Position Paper No. 2 – Landmine Negotiations: Impasse in Vienna Highlights Urgency of National and Regional Measures, November 1995
- 12 United Nations General Assembly, 1995
- 13 Launching of the International Media Campaign against Antipersonnel Landmines by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 1995
- 14 The 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1995
- 15 Second Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, January 1996
- 16 Anti-personnel Landmines: Friend or Foe? A Study of the Military Use and Effectiveness of Anti-personnel Mines, commissioned by the ICRC, March 1996
- 17 Third Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, April–May 1996
- 18 ICRC Position Paper No. 3 – July 1996, Stopping the Landmines Epidemic: From Negotiation to Action
- 19 Making Central America a Mine-free Zone. ICRC Seminar in Managua,Nicaragua, 28–29 May 1996
- PART 3 THE OTTAWA PROCESS FROM REGIONAL INITIATIVES TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
- Index
Summary
On 24 February 1994, to the surprise of many, ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga announced the ICRC's opinion that, from a humanitarian point of view, a worldwide ban on anti-personnel mines was the only truly effective solution. Apart from a growing body of non-governmental organizations, at that time no other major international organization had supported an outright ban on these weapons. President Sommaruga also called for a prohibition on blinding as a method of warfare and for universal adherence to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Statement of Cornelio Sommaruga President, International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland 24 February 1994
ICRC: A Total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and Blinding Weapons is the Best Option
The first preparatory meeting for the Review Conference on the 1980 United Nations Weapons Convention opens in Geneva on 28 February 1994.
It will be an important milestone in the long-term effort to control the use of the more destructive of modern weapons.
The Convention came into force in 1983 and has been ratified by 41 countries. This is the first opportunity – and the last for at least another 10 years – to review its workings.
It is clear, for all its good intentions, that the Convention has had little impact on restricting the use of the deadly weapons it regulated in 1980 – in particular mines. Mines are now proliferating so fast that there are perhaps as many as 100 million of them in 62 countries. Scattered like deadly seeds, they have turned whole swaths of many countries into deserted, no-go areas.
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- The Banning of Anti-Personnel LandminesThe Legal Contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1955–1999, pp. 264 - 265Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000