Council Decision 2012/700/CFSPShow full title

Article 1 U.K.

1. With a view to supporting the implementation of the Cartagena Action Plan 2010-2014 (‘the Cartagena Action Plan’) adopted by the States Parties to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (‘the Convention’), in the framework of the European Security Strategy and in line with relevant decisions of the international community, the Union shall pursue the following objectives:

(a) supporting the efforts of States Parties to the Convention to implement the victim assistance aspects of the Cartagena Action Plan;

(b) supporting the efforts of States Parties to the Convention to implement the mine clearance aspects of the Cartagena Action Plan;

(c) promotion of the universalisation of the Convention;

(d) demonstrating the ongoing commitment of the Union and its Member States to the Convention and their resolve to cooperate with, and extend assistance to, those States that need support in meeting their commitments under the Convention, and enhancing the leading role of the Union in pursuing the Convention’s vision of a conclusive end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines.

2. All the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 shall be pursued in such a way that they reinforce the Convention’s historic culture of partnership and collaboration between States, non-governmental and other organisations and local partners, particularly by working closely with relevant actors to enhance specific manifestations of such a collaboration.

3. In order to achieve the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, the Union shall undertake the following projects:

(a) Victim assistance: providing technical support in up to eight instances, carrying out up to five mid-term appraisals and executing up to five follow-up actions;

(b) Mine clearance: carrying out up to five mid-term appraisals and executing up to five follow-up actions;

(c) Universalisation of the Convention: supporting a high level task force, producing a study on border security without anti-personnel mines, and organising up to three universalisation workshops;

(d) Demonstrating the commitment of the Union: staging launch and wrap-up events, ensuring the accessibility of the Convention’s website, making the victim assistance commitments of the States Parties to the Convention widely available, organising a press visit, and producing communications materials and publications.

A detailed description of the projects is set out in the Annex.