This year’s Intersessional Meetings are particularly important given efforts to build upon the established baseline for the implementation of the Oslo Action Plan (OAP).
The sessions included:
Preliminary Observations of the Convention's Committees
Thematic Session – Mandate of the President
Thematic Session - Victim Assistance: Establishing or Strengthening a Centralised Database
Thematic Session: Integrating Gender and the Diverse Needs of Affected Communities in Operational Planning and Prioritization
Informal Presentation of Requests for Extensions to be considered by the Nineteenth Meeting of the States Partie
Thematic Session: Completion and Sustainable National Capacities
Thematic Session: Mobilising Resources Towards a Mine-Free World
This report is the result of a comprehensive research project to improve understanding of the impact of cluster munitions by documenting short-, mid- and long-term casualties; the cumulative effects of disability and mortality; and the socio-economic impacts on families and communities
This convention is addressed to State parties outlining the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction. It outlines 22 articles on obligations, international cooperation and ground rules in which States Parties are bound to comply. It states victim assistance duties for care and rehabilitation and stresses the role of public conscience for the ban of anti-personnel mines