(c) key literature references and sources for data used to compile the SDS.

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

RESPONSES TO DOCUMENT CCW GGE X WG.1 WP.2,

International Humanitarian Law and ERW

The Mandate of the Working Group on ERW

Suicide bomber, was wearing a belt packed with explosives.

By the Chairperson of the Meeting of the Military and Technical Experts on ERW

You fill a plane full of TNT and then you do a suicide dive right into that cave.

Prepared by the Chairperson of the Meeting of Military and Technical Experts on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

The 30 hour long siege ended when the hide out was destroyed by explosives in the afternoon.

on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

More resources must be allocated for the study and analysis of terrorism, and in particular the phenomenon of suicide bombers. These are being

While serving in the United States military from 1963 to 1965, he was trained in demolition using explosives.

It's one thing to play with explosives like a kid with firecrackers

Mauritius is also in the process of amending its Explosives Act so as to cater for its obligations under the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the purpose of Detection.

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

Item 1 of the agenda for the Meeting of the Military Experts on ERW (CCW GGE X WG.1 1)

As for legal measures on explosives, their import and sale are governed by a State monopoly granted to the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics (MMEH).

These systems and the type of methodology outlined above are currently utilized by coalition forces to focus their ERW efforts.

(e) Identify the manufacturer and describe the procurement procedure for the HMX explosive declared by Iraq to have been intended for conventional armaments.

In accordance with the mandate of the Working Group on ERW, the Chair proposed that the Meetings of the Military and Technical Experts discussed the following questions

On the ground, in Netanya, on 12 July, a young Palestinian strapped with explosives detonated himself at the entrance of a shopping mall.

The 2003 Meeting of the States Parties to the CCW adopted the following mandate for the Working Group on ERW for the year 2004

95. On 26 September 1993, a Palestinian would be suicide bomber was killed when the explosive laden car he was driving blew up (see list).

2003On 12 May 2003, suicide bombers rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a Russian government compound in Znamenskoye, northern Chechnya, killing 59 people.

While Australia's commitment in this area is small its technicians are placed in the key coalition agencies dealing with ERW.

The production is also notorious for the cruelty to animals that occurred both on screen and on site, including deliberately killing a horse with explosives.

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.

9. Emphasizes the importance of universalization of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V), and welcomes the commitment of States parties to the Protocol to the effective and efficient implementation of the Protocol

Protocol V, which includes clean up obligations, also covers corrective measures to be taken following a conflict so as to reduce the risks and impacts associated with explosive remnants of war.

(i) We propose a final target date for delegation submission of IHL questionnaire responses to the ERW Coordinator of 13 January 2006

It also addresses related issues such as exchange of information, assistance and cooperation which were part of the work on ERW during the course of 2004.

Part of the Australian Government ERW mandate for this GGE is the fostering of the exchange of information regarding International Humanitarian Law principles and application.

Any such attack shall be cancelled or suspended, if it becomes apparent before or during the deployment that the incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects would be excessive in relation to the military advantage anticipated.

On August 22, 2007, a safe house wired with explosives was destroyed in the city, believed to have been an arms cache as well as a launching point for mortars that had targeted the police station in Karma.

France supports and actively participates in the work being carried out on ERW within CCW to enable specific preventive measures destined for inclusion in Protocol V to be introduced.

Recalling with satisfaction the adoption of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) at the Meeting of the States Parties held at Geneva on 27 and 28 November 2003

(x) International organizations undertaking a critical analysis of the McCormack report will be asked to generate a report of their analysis for submission to the ERW Coordinator by 24 February 2006

(viii) Professor McCormack will be asked to deliver a report of his analysis to the ERW Coordinator (hereinafter the McCormack report ) by 10 February 2006

Protocol V to the CCW on ERW is a good example of how these fundamental IHL principles can be applied. The requirement to remove ERW and to provide assistance for the removal of these weapons and to take other measures to reduce the threat to civilians accords with the principle to avoid unnecessary suffering.

In this way it supports the efforts being carried out on the improvement of all munitions within the context of the implementation of Protocol V on explosive remnants of war efforts to which it contributes directly, actively and constructively.

88. On 14 September 1993, a suicide bomber wearing a belt packed with explosives was killed when the charge blew up before he was able to enter the police station in Gaza district (see list).

The meetings of the Working Groups of the Group of Governmental Experts were chaired by the two Coordinators Ambassador Jayant Prasad of India on Explosive Remnants of War, and Ambassador Markku Reimaa of Finland on Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines.

The European Union expresses its profound horror and outrage at the bomb attack in the centre of Tel Aviv on 19 October 1994, for which the Union understands Hamas has claimed responsibility.

Organizations undertaking such an analysis shall be asked not to share the contents of the McCormack report or any supporting documentation with any third party, but instead shall submit their analyses to the ERW Coordinator.