As defined by Protocol V to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons.

As defined by Protocol V to the 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

56 28. 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

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59 107. 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

57 98. 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

60 93. 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

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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

Sierra Leone does not manufacture or export conventional arms and their ammunition or weapons of mass destruction, nor does it have any arrangement for use of its territory for the transit or transfer of such weapons.

the 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

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 P.102 .

Since the above mentioned activities shall have no financial implication for the regular budget of the Organization, States Parties should proceed with the payment of their share of the estimated costs as soon as assessment notices have been received.

Space weapons are designed to have a direct impact on an adversary's assets, and by their nature they can be either weapons of mass destruction or conventional weapons, including those based on new physical principles.

Concrete and direct military advantage anticipated means a bona fide expectation that the attack will make a relevant and proportional contribution to the objective of the military attack involved.

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 report of the First Committee (A 60 467)

In addition, the Seminar on Military Law and the Law of War regularly organizes symposiums in which the principles of humanitarian law are highlighted.

In order to ensure that any identified baselines for further IHL discussion are based on as broad a sampling of questionnaire responses as possible, delegations still in the process of compiling written questionnaire responses are encouraged to strive to meet this date for submission.

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Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the 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

Nuclear disarmament can trigger progress in other weapon systems, be they conventional, chemical, biological or bacteriological weapons.

1, opened for signature 12 December 1977, 1125 United Nations Treaty Series 609 (hereinafter Protocol II ) Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land, with annex of regulations, 36 Stat. 2277, 1 Bevans 631 (18 October 1907).

We must address the underlying motives that drive States to acquire weapons of mass destruction, which include threats posed by superior conventional or non conventional forces, the existence of disputes and conflicts with more powerful States and discrimination in the application of international norms and laws.

The Geneva Convention of 10 October 1980 on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects has been ratified.

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, 10 October 1980, preamble, para. 5, 1342 United Nations Treaty Series 137.

11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the item entitled 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 .

8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty seventh session the item entitled 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 .

13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty third session the item entitled 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 .

10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty ninth session the item entitled 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 .

9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty eighth session the item entitled 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 .

13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty first session the item entitled 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 .

9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty sixth session the item entitled 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 .

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty first session the item entitled 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 .

on the Occasion of the 2005 Meeting of the States Parties

The need to reverse this negative trend should be seen as one of the greatest challenges before the international community today, as the continued existence and proliferation of all types of weapons conventional, as well as weapons of mass destruction continue to pose a serious threat to international peace and security.

Welcoming the results of the Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the 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, and commending the efforts of the President of the Conference,