i n t r o d u c t i o n Resolution on Small-Calibre Weapon Systems. Geneva, 28 September 1979.
General title United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects.
Forum of adoption United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
The U.N. Conference of 1979 and 1980 did not reach agreement on a protocol on small-calibre weapon systems. The resolution on Small-Calibre Weapons was adopted at the 1979 session of the Conference and annexed to the Final Act of 1980 as Appendix E.
Meetings of forum 1st session:10.09.1979 - 28.09.1979, Geneva #2nd session:15.09.1980 - 10.10.1980, Geneva
Dade of adoption 28.09.1979
Number of articles 6 points
Authentic text English; Arabic; Chinese; Spanish; French; Russian
Source D.Schindler and J.Toman, The Laws of Armed Conflicts, Martinus Nihjoff Publisher, 1988, pp.197-198.
Keywords MEANS OF COMBAT; CONVENTIONAL WEAPON; USE OF WEAPONS; WEAPON; PROHIBITION; SMALL-CALIBRE WEAPON; WEAPON CAUSING SUPERFLUOUS INJURY; METHOD OF COMBAT; INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT
