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General Assembly First Committee: Topic A: The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
General Assembly First Committee: Topic A: The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
Committee
Topic A: The illicit trade in small
arms and light weapons in all its
aspects
Background
Programme of Action
Current Issues
Marking
Record-keeping
Ammunition
Stockpiles
Future Outlook
In its current form, the CCW contains five protocols, each of which
restricts the use of a specific category of weapon. The first three
protocols originally adopted in 1980 concern the use of
“nondetectable fragments,” “mines, booby traps and other
devices,” and “incendiary weapons,” respectively. Upon the first
review conference in 1995, a fourth protocol addressing “blinding
laser weapons” was added. A fifth protocol addressing “explosive
remnants of war” was adopted in 2003 by a meeting of states
party to the convention.
The use of incendiary weapons has once again come back to the
forefront of debate pertaining to conventional weapons due to the
use of white phosphorous and cluster munitions by the Israeli
Defense Forces in Gaza.8
Current Issue
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