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The weapons issue: Statement of the ICRC at the United Nations General Assembly, 51st session, 1996 — Statement of 18 October 1996 before the First Committee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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A great deal has occurred this year in relation to the regulation of both conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction. Actually, there is no such dual categorization of arms in international humanitarian law, which regulates all weapons in accordance with certain generally applicable rules in order to prevent excessive suffering and destruction. All of the work and comments of the International Committee of the Red Cross with regard to weapons, whatever their nature from a strategic standpoint, are aimed at assuring the faithful and impartial application of these rules of international humanitarian law.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 36 , Issue 315 , December 1996 , pp. 631 - 636
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1996

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References

1 Editor's note: Anti-personnel landmines—friend or foe? A study of the military use and effectiveness of anti-personnel landmines, ICRC, Geneva, 1996.

2 Editor's note: Towards a global ban on anti-personnel landmines, Declaration of the International Strategy Conference, Ottawa, 3–5 October 1996, see below, p. 647.

3 Editor's note: Doswald-Beck, Louise, “New Protocol on blinding laser weapons”, IRRC, No. 312, 05–06 1996, pp. 272–299.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

4 Editor's note: International Court of Justice, Legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Advisory opinion of 8 07 1996.Google Scholar