Iraq Joins Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

On 24 September 2014, Iraq deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); and consented to be bound by the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention; Protocol I on non-detectable fragments; Protocol II and its amended version on mines, booby-traps and other devices; Protocol III on incendiary weapons; Protocol IV on blinding laser weapons; and Protocol V on explosive remnants of war.

Ambassador Remigiusz Henczel of Poland, Ambassador Päivi Kairamo of Finland and Ambassador Katerina Sequensova of the Czech Republic as the President-designates of the 2014 Meetings of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Amended Protocol II and Protocol V, welcomed Iraq as the 118^th High Contracting Party to the CCW.

In welcoming Iraq’s accession, the President-designates stated, “ Iraq is an important country within the Middle East region and we hope that this will encourage other countries to join the CCW, which remains a key instrument of international humanitarian law.”

For further information or media inquiries, please contact Hine-Wai Loose, Political Affairs Officer, CCW Implementation Support Unit, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Palais des Nations, Geneva, tel.:  +41 22 917 1203.

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