The+question+of+the+remaining+anti-personnel+land+mines+in+former+areas+of+conflict+and+the+responsibilities+of+those+who+laid+them

Sudan ratified the Ottawa treaty, which calls for the prohibition of stockpiling, production, and transfer of antipersonnel mines, in October 13th, 2003. The plan stated that Sudan should have to destroy all its antipersonnel mines until April 2008 so Sudan should have no mines right now. There was a nongovernmental organization called the Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines which brought military and political attention to the landmine issue. Today, although “major progress has been made” according to the Electronic Mine Information Network Sudan still has antipersonnel mines that need to be extracted but the political instability and the fighting in Darfur has made it difficult for international organizations to aid Sudan. There were 4,025 casualties due to landmines in Sudan during the past five years; this is two people dying per day in Sudan because of antipersonnel mines. The following are some of the strategies (from the E-Mine Information Network) that Sudan needs to follow to improve its situation regarding landmines: ·  Develop and implement a transitional plan to facilitate the transition of mine action management from the UN to the national mine action authorities; ·  Continue to undertake emergency mine and ERW clearance and survey operations in high-priority areas jointly determined by the national authorities and the UN; ·  Continue to prioritize mine risk education for at-risk communities; ·  Through surveys on the impacts of landmines, identify, register and prepare maps of areas suspected of landmine contamination in order to determine the full effects on communities;

1st Committee (Disarmament and International Security) The question of the remaining anti-personnel land mines in former areas of conflict and the responsibilities of those who laid them  __Suggests __ that the economic responsibility of deactivating or destroying mines be conferred to the country who plants the mines regardless of the location where the mines are deployed. __Recommends __ that the costs of deactivating and destroying mines as well as their payments by the nations responsible be recorded and catalogued, so as to avoid confusion regarding coverage of these costs, and kept in a database within the UN which will be accessible to any nation, __Further Recommends __ that nations be only responsible for their mines which have been planted after the passing of this resolution. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region  __Calls upon __ Israel, Hamas, Fatah, Black September and all other Palestinian or non-Palestinian organizations involved with the bombing of Israel to cease fighting immediately, __Suggests __ that Israel provide immediate humanitarian assistance to the affected Palestinian region, __Fully Supports __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the United States and Israeli allies to encourage Israel to pull off its raid on the Gaza Strip. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The situation in Afghanistan: reestablishing freedom, security and stability <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fully Encourages __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the Afghani government to begin an operation aimed at eradicating poppy fields, opium dens, and laboratories which produce heroin, __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Supports __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the Afghani government’s decision to begin the aforementioned operation in its own discretion so as to avoid the escape of the drug cultivators, __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Reminds __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the Afghani government that, since it is relatively new, it could call for help of the UN if it feels that it is under threat of being usurped. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Promotion of multilateral approach in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fully Encourages __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> all nations to keep a tighter control on merchandise being imported or exported from their country by land, sea, or air so as to prevent the illegal weapons trade, __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Calls Upon __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> all nations to consider the possibility of begin disarming their nuclear weapons gradually seeing that in modern times, warfare has shifted from the traditional encounter between nations to guerrilla and terrorist fighting, __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Encourages __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> governments in the Middle East and Southern Asia to indulge in direct diplomacy so as to prevent the blaming of isolated terrorist acts on each other. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">