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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2009 C.R.

NO.

16-10 A RESOLUTION Ratifying the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.
1 WHEREAS, anti-personnel mines kill or maim hundreds of people 2 around the world every week; and 3 WHEREAS, victims of anti-personnel mines are mostly innocent 4 and defenseless civilians, including children; and 5 WHEREAS, the presence of large numbers of anti-personnel 6 mines in post-conflict countries inhibits development, 7 reconstruction and repatriation efforts; and 8 WHEREAS, anti-personnel landmines are mostly used in arm 9 conflicts in a manner that violates international humanitarian 10 law; and 11 WHEREAS, the Convention of the Prohibition of the Use, 12 Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and 13 Their Destruction (“Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention”) was 14 adopted at the Oslo Diplomatic Conference on September 18, 1997 15 and opened for signature at Ottawa, Canada on December 3, 1997; 16 and 17 WHEREAS, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, having been 18 ratified by the requisite 40 countries, entered into force on 19 March 1, 1999; and 20 WHEREAS, the President of the Federated States of Micronesia CRL 16-12 C.R.
NO.
16-10 1 has transmitted this resolution to the Fourteenth Congress of the 2 Federated States of Micronesia; and 3 WHEREAS, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia 4 has not yet acceded to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and 5 now desires to do so in order to show its commitment to this 6 important international humanitarian issue; and 7 WHEREAS, the Sixteenth Congress of the Federated States of 8 Micronesia, First Regular Session, May 2009, hereby ratifies the 9 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention on behalf of the Federated 10 States of Micronesia; now, therefore 11 BE IT RESOLVED pursuant to Article 18 of the Anti-Personnel 12 Mine Ban Convention, Congress hereby resolves that paragraph 1 of 13 this Convention shall apply provisionally to the Federated States 14 of Micronesia pending its entry into force; and 15 BE IT RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be 16 transmitted to the President of the Federated States of 17 Micronesia, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and 18 the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
19 20 Date: 5/28/09 Introduced by: /s/ Joe N. Suka 21 22 23 24 Joe N. Suka (by request) 2 of 2