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ARTICLE-5: Destruction of anti-personnel mines in mined areas [go to this ARTICLE]
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5. The Meeting of the States Parties or the Review Conference shall,
taking
into consideration the factors contained in paragraph 4, assess the
request
and decide by a majority of votes of States Parties present and voting
whether to grant the request for an extension period.
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5. The Meeting of the States Parties or the Review Conference shall,
taking
into consideration the factors contained in paragraph 4, assess the
request
and decide by a majority of votes of States Parties present and voting
whether to grant the request for an extension period.
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ARTICLE-8: Facilitation and clarification of compliance [go to this ARTICLE]
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6. The Meeting of the States Parties or the Special Meeting of the
States
Parties, as
the case may be, shall first determine whether to consider the
matter
further, taking
into account all information submitted by the States Parties concerned.
The Meeting
of the States Parties or the Special Meeting of the States Parties
shall
make every
effort to reach a decision by consensus. If despite all efforts to that
end no
agreement has been reached, it shall take this decision by a majority
of
States
Parties present and voting.
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8. If further clarification is required, the Meeting of the States
Parties
or the
Special Meeting of the States Parties shall authorize a fact-finding
mission
and
decide on its mandate by a majority of States Parties present and
voting. At
any time the re quested State Party may invite a fact-finding mission
to
its territory.
Such a mission shall take place without a decision by a Meeting of the
States
Parties or a Special Meeting of the States Parties to authorize
such
a mission.
The mission, consisting of up to 9 experts, designated and
approved
in
accordance with paragraphs 9 and 10, may collect additional information
on
the spot or in other places directly related to the alleged compliance
issue under
the jurisdiction or control of the requested State Party.
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20. The Meeting of the States Parties or the Special Meeting of the
States
Parties shall
make every effort to reach its decisions referred to in paragraphs 18
and
19 by
consensus, otherwise by a two-thirds majority of States Parties present
and voting.
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ARTICLE-13: Amendments [go to this ARTICLE]
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4. Any amendment to this Convention shall be adopted by a majority of
two-thirds of the States Parties present and voting at the Amendment
Conference.
The Depositary shall communicate any amendment so adopted to the States
Parties.
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