The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction is the cornerstone of the international effort to end the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines.
Statement by the Secretary-General
New York, 16 June 2025
Intersessional Meetings 2025
Geneva, 17-20 June 2025
- Statement on Agenda Item 3 - Victim Assistance
- Statement on Agenda Item 4a. - Survey and Clearance
- Statement on Agenda Item 4b. - Risk Education
- Statement on Agenda Item 5 - Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Agenda Item 7a. - Universalization
Siem Reap, 25-29 November 2024
- Statement under agenda item 8 (a) Universalization
- Statement under agenda item 8 (c) Clearing mined areas
- Statement under agenda item 8 (d) Assisting the victims
- Statement under agenda item 8 (e.i) Cooperation and Assistance
Intersessional Meetings 2024
Geneva, 18-20 June 2024
- Statement under agenda item 3. Article 5 Implementation
- Statement under agenda item 4. Cooperation and Assistance
21st Meeting of State Parties
Geneva, 20-24 November 2023
- Statement under agenda item 10a – Victim Assistance
- Statement under agenda item 10c – Cooperation and Assistance
Intersessional Meetings 2023
Geneva, 19-21 June 2023
- Thematic Discussion on Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines (delivered by Pehr Lodhammar on behalf of UNMAS)
- Statement on Victim Assistance (delivered by Ms. Ilene Cohn, Director of UNMAS)
- Statement on Article 5 Implementation (delivered by Mr. Richard Boulter, UNMAS)
20th Meeting of the States Parties
Geneva, 21-25 November 2022
- Statement under agenda item 8 – General Exchange of Views (delivered by Ms. Oksana Leshchenko of UNDP on 25 November 2022)
- Statement under agenda item 10a – Victim Assistance
Intersessional Meetings 2022
Geneva, 20-22 June 2022
- Statement under agenda item 3 – Victim Assistance
- Statement under agenda item 4 - Article 5 Implementation (Sudan)
- Statement under agenda item 4 - Article 5 Implementation (Yemen)
19th Meeting of State Parties (19MSP)
Geneva, 15-19 November 2021
- Statement under agenda item 10a - Victim Assistance
- Statement under agenda item 10b - Clearance, Risk Education and Article 5 Implementation
Virtual, 22-24 June 2021
18th Meeting of State Parties (18MSP)
Geneva, 16-20 November 2020
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
- Statement on Clearance and Risk Education
- Statement on Victim Assistance
Oslo, 25-29 November 2019
- Statement under Agenda Item 6: Renewing the political commitment to the Convention
- Statement under Agenda Item 7(c): Clearing mined areas
- Statement under Agenda Item 7(e) (i): Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement under Agenda Item 7 (d): Victim Assistance
17th Meeting of State Parties (17MSP)
Geneva, 26-30 November 2018
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
- Statement on Article 5 Implementation
- Statement on Victim Assistance
Informal Intersessional Meetings
7-6 June 2018
16th Meeting of State Parties (16MSP)
Vienna, 18-21 December 2017
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
- Statement on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Article 5 Implementation
Intersessional Meetings in 2017
Geneva, 8-9 June 2017
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Plenary Discussion: Meeting Our Aspirations of 2025
15th Meeting of State Parties (15MSP)
Santiago, 28 November - 1 December 2016
- Statement on Implementation
- Statement on Enhancement of Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Stockpile Destruction
- Statement on Transparency and Exchange of Information
- Statement on Universalization
- Statement on Victim Assistance
Geneva, 19-20 May 2016
- Statement on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on Article 5 Implementation
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on the Enhancement of Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Universalization
14th Meeting of State Parties (14MSP)
Geneva, 30 November - 4 December 2015
- Statement on Matters related to the Mandate of the Committee on Article 5 Implementation
- Statement on Universalization
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on the Enhancement of Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Stockpile Destruction
- Statement on Transparency, Initiative on Reporting
Intersessional Meetings 2015
Geneva, 25-26 June 2015
- Statement on Universalization
- Statement on Matters related to the Mandate of the Committee on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Matters related to the Mandate of the Committee on Article 5 Implementation
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on the Enhancement of Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Matters Related to the Mandate of the Committee on Cooperative Compliance
- Statement on Stockpile Destruction
- Statement on Reporting
Maputo Summit: Third Review Conference
Maputo, 23-27 June 2014
- Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Statement on Universalization
- Statement on Destroying Stockpiled Anti-personnel Mines
- Statement on Clearing Mined Areas
- Statement on Assisting the Victims
- Statement on Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Transparency in Implementation
- Statement on Measures to Ensure Compliance
13th Meeting of the States Parties (13MSP)
Geneva, 2 -5 December 2013
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
- Statement on Victim Assistance
- Statement on Clearing Mined Areas
- Statement on Destroying Stockpiled Anti-personnel Mines
- Statement on Universalizing the Convention
- Statement on Transparency and the Exchange of Information
12th Meeting of the States Parties (12MSP)
Geneva, 3-7 December 2012