Explosive remnants of war Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Explosive Remnants of War

(b) Explosive remnants of war

Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

European Action on Small Arms, Light Weapons and Explosive Remnants of War

(e) Technological assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war

Twelfth session Geneva, 14 22 November 2005 Agenda item 7 Explosive remnants of war

Anti personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war inflicted death and injury around the world.

The United Kingdom recognises that all explosive munitions are capable of becoming Explosive Remnants of War.

Research on explosive remnants of war, such as cluster munitions, is planned in the near future.

Reaffirming its deep concern at the tremendous humanitarian and development problems caused by the presence of mines and explosive remnants of war that have serious and lasting social and economic consequences for the populations of countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war,

Reaffirming its deep concern at the tremendous humanitarian and development problems caused by the presence of mines and explosive remnants of war that have serious and lasting social and economic consequences for the populations of countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war,

The Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War heard a presentation by France on The French Matrix on Methodology .

Ms. Meyer (Canada) said that landmines and explosive remnants of war continued to litter many countries around the world.

Northeast Asia contains the last remnants of the Cold War the divided Korean Peninsula and hostile glares across the Taiwan Straits.

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

The Korean Peninsula, however, remains divided along ideological lines, and the two Koreas co exist as living remnants of the Cold War.

Welcoming the particular efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross in raising awareness of the humanitarian consequences of explosive remnants of war,

RESPONSES TO DOCUMENT CCW GGE X WG.1 WP.2 OF 8 MARCH 2005, ENTITLED INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR

Welcoming the particular efforts of various international, non governmental and other organizations in raising awareness of the humanitarian consequences of explosive remnants of war,

Welcoming the particular efforts of various international, non governmental and other organizations in raising awareness of the humanitarian consequences of explosive remnants of war,

Moreover, the provisions of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, in particular those of Protocol V on explosive remnants of war, should be strengthened.

The aim is to prevent submunitions from becoming explosive remnants of war, which constitute real risk factors for civilian populations once conflicts end.

UNIDIR is working with the European Commission to develop a coherent set of policies on explosive remnants of war (see also para. 41 above).

It was noted that there is no single preventive measures, that it sufficient by itself to reduce the likelihood of munitions becoming explosive remnants of war.

The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War has provided a partial remedy to reduce the dangers of ERW (including unexploded submunitions) after the end of the fighting.

The receptor also recognizes the apoE protein found in chylomicron remnants and VLDL remnants (IDL).

These submunitions have a very high level of reliability, thus reducing the risk of generation of explosive remnants of war and consequently of collateral damage among civilian populations.

In October 2004, UNIDIR began a 20 month project for the European Commission entitled European Action on Small Arms, Light Weapons and Explosive Remnants of War.

Reiterating the extreme importance of helping Afghanistan to pass through the current transitional phase towards sustainable development, rehabilitation, reconstruction and elimination of various remnants of the civil war

Do you see any remnants of them ?

The project, which takes place over 20 months, is one half of a larger pilot project that also includes small arms, light weapons and explosive remnants of war.

The list represents a cross section of specific types of munitions which could become dangerous explosive remnants of war in future armed conflicts, including wars of internal and international character.

According to Kuwait, Iraq created large minefields, planted over a million mines around the country, and left many remnants of war that were often camouflaged and booby trapped.

In the short term, however, the UK is committed to improving the technical aspects of its submunitions in order to reduce the likelihood of them becoming explosive remnants of war.

At the same meeting, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland as well as ICRC participated in the general exchange of views on the status of Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War.

Thousands of deaths and injuries had been caused by those landmines and other explosive remnants of war, which had also prevented the reclamation and cultivation of extensive areas of Libyan land.