§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent proposals he has received from other states with regard to the review conference of the inhumane weapons convention. [18114]
§ Mr. David DavisThere is a wide measure of agreement among our NATO allies, EU partners and others on proposals for strengthening protocol II of the convention concerning anti-personnel landmines. These include the extension of the scope of the protocol to non-international armed conflict; new provisions on self-destructing mechanisms, detectable mines and the marking and mapping of minefields, as well as the protection of humanitarian workers in mined areas; and the inclusion of restrictions on transfers in the protocol.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those states that have ratified the 1981 inhumane weapons convention. [18113]
§ Mr. David DavisI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs.1202W Clwyd) on 27 March, Official Report, column 442. The United States of America has now also ratified the convention.