 |
Law-ref.org | Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction |
Site search
Sister sites
transfer [Global Index]
...
Welcoming also United Nations General Assembly Resolution 51/45 S of
10 December 1996 urging all States to pursue vigorously an effective,
legally-binding
international agreement to ban the use, stockpiling, production and
transfer
of
anti-personnel landmines,
...
...
Welcoming furthermore the measures taken over the past years, both
unilaterally
and multilaterally, aiming at prohibiting, restricting or suspending
the
use, stockpiling,
production and transfer of anti-personnel mines,
...
...
Recalling the Ottawa Declaration of 5 October 1996 and the Brussels
Declaration
of
27 June 1997 urging the international community to negotiate an
international
and legally
binding agreement prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production and
transfer
of
anti-personnel mines,
...
ARTICLE-1: General obligations [go to this ARTICLE]
...
b) To develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or
transfer
to anyone,
directly or indirectly, anti-personnel mines;
...
ARTICLE-2: Definitions [go to this ARTICLE]
...
4. "Transfer" involves, in addition to the physical movement of
anti-personnel
mines into
or from national territory, the transfer of title to and control over
the
mines, but does not
involve the transfer of territory containing emplaced anti-personnel
mines.
...
...
4. "Transfer" involves, in addition to the physical movement of
anti-personnel
mines into
or from national territory, the transfer of title to and control over
the
mines, but does not
involve the transfer of territory containing emplaced anti-personnel
mines.
...
...
4. "Transfer" involves, in addition to the physical movement of
anti-personnel
mines into
or from national territory, the transfer of title to and control over
the
mines, but does not
involve the transfer of territory containing emplaced anti-personnel
mines.
...
ARTICLE-3: Exceptions [go to this ARTICLE]
...
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.
...
ARTICLE-7: Transparency measures [go to this ARTICLE]
...
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;
...