Article 13 of Amended Protocol II provides for a conference of High Contracting Parties to the Protocol to be held annually for the purpose of consultations and cooperation on all issues relating to the Protocol.

Pursuant to the relevant decision of the 2009 Meeting of the States parties to the CCW (Geneva, 12-13 November 2009), the Twelfth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II will be held on 24 November 2010 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference will be presided by Ambassador Germán Mundaraín Hernández of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). The President-designate will be assisted by the representatives of China, Germany, and Romania as Vice-Presidents.

The Conference will review the status and operation of the Protocol and considered matters arising from reports by High Contracting Parties according to paragraph 4 of Article 13 of Amended Protocol II, as well as development of technologies to protect civilians against indiscriminate effects of mines. The Conference will consider, in particular, the work of the informal open-ended Group of Experts established by the Tenth Annual Conference.

The Twelfth Annual Conference was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as follows:




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