Jim and his mother are here.

Two large scale demining actions had been conducted in the border regions, and landmines within Chinese territory had been removed.

Then if it wasn't destiny, the fault was mine.

As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine And all combin'd, save what thou must combine

There are also important rules on MOTAPM in Amended Protocol II that have not been included in the Coordinator's paper.

proposal on mines other than anti personnel mines (motapm)

Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines (MOTAPM)

It had also provided training assistance for humanitarian demining in Sri Lanka, and would be contributing to the mine clearance operations in the Sudan.

Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines (MOTAPM)

12) would also be an important development.

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

There are also uncharted landmines and widespread unexploded ordnance throughout the area of responsibility.

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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It also served as the basis for the current negotiations on mines other than anti personnel mines, and underlay the South African and European Union proposals for a new compliance mechanism.

Mine affected countries should assess their own needs and define their own priorities.

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

As reflected from the discussions in the GGE over recent years, there are three categories of proposals on restricting the use of MOTAPM

The Convention does not address the right of States to legitimate self defence nor does it balance the rights and obligations of States parties to the Convention.

Japan's warships can help with sanctions monitoring and minesweeping.

Working Group on Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines

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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Number of mines

(vii) Mines.

Budget year is from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

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landmines.

That hallucination of mine... the one that everybody was having such a good laugh about?

(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.

Pakistani peacekeeping contingents had also voluntarily offered to assist local authorities in mine clearance.

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.

As such, it does not appear to constitute a general return to widespread new mine laying throughout Sector West, as had been experienced in the past.