proposal on mines other than anti personnel mines (motapm)

Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines (MOTAPM)

Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines (MOTAPM)

States should, to the extent feasible, follow the best practices on fuze design stipulated in Technical Annex B, paragraph 3.

Section VI Fuze design and sensors of MOTAPM

(d) Landmines other than anti personnel mines

The term minefield includes phoney minefields.

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such humanitarian concerns as may exist in the international community, to which we belong, suggests the adoption of a new additional protocol on MOTAPM within the framework of the Convention, to read as follows

Working Group on Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines

It is prohibited to use a non detectable MOTAPM, subject to the exclusions specified below.

To determine basic categories of fuzes and adopt Best Practices on fuze mechanisms so as to increase the discriminatory capacity of MOTAPM to the greatest extent and to prevent them from being actuated by the presence, proximity or contact of a person.

(c) Effective management and security of stockpiles and transport of MOTAPMs

USE, RECORDING AND REMOVAL OF MOTAPMS, AND MINEFIELDS AND MINED AREAS OF MOTAPMS

Protection from the effects of MOTAPMs, and minefields and mined areas of MOTAPMs

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China believes that in the pre war period, minefields should be monitored and guarded effectively, but need no marking or fencing in the post war period, however, minefields should be marked and fenced immediately.

Taking into account the views of other parties on this issue, China is ready to demonstrate flexibility by making some amendment to the provisions on the first category of sensitive fuzes in the Coordinator's Paper, i.e., tilt rods do not appear to be a recommended method of activation, if it cannot be designed in such a way that an individual cannot, within reason, initiate the mine .

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(b) Restrictions on the use of MOTAPM,

China hopes that the Coordinator on the MOTAPM issue will incorporate proposals in this package solution to his Paper, so as to facilitate further discussions on the issue in the GGE.

A lot of progress was achieved during the GGE sessions in July and November 2004, thanks to the valuable presentations and the active participation of all experts.

The nub of the MOTAPM problem lies in the way in which they are used, and not in their design.

(ii) To prohibit the use of MOTAPM, which are not detectable by commonly available mine detection equipment.

The permitted purpose for which mines were used, the activity or project in which these mines were used, progress made or objectives realized in the use of these mines, the types and quantities of mines used and any other relevant information (e.g., the location of the use of the mines).

Marine environment and marine resources

Availability of the alternative methods and equipment for the humanitarian de mining, international acceptance.

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Marine environment, marine resources and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Requiring all MOTAPM to be detectable is an important measure to help mine clearance organizations locate and clear dangerous areas quickly and safely.

(i) the short and long term effect of MOTAPMs upon the local civilian population for the duration of the minefield

With regard to post war humanitarian demining, the quantity of metallic material in MOTAPM has little substantive effect on reducing the difficulty of demining operations.

It is therefore necessary to strictly restrict the use of MOTAPM in the above mentioned aspects for the effective solution to the humanitarian concerns caused by MOTAPM.

(a) Issues related to the irresponsible use of MOTAPM,

The following general restrictions on the use of MOTAPMs apply.

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Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,