Convention on cluster munitions- Macedonian aspect
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Macedonia ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2009. It has stated that it never produced or exported cluster munitions and does not currently use, produce, or stockpile them. Macedonia completed destruction of its stockpile of anti-personnel mines in 2003 and destroyed its retained mines for research and training in 2006. It aims to declare itself free of cluster munitions after completing inspections.
Convention on cluster munitions- Macedonian aspect
- 1. KONVENCIJA O ZABRANIKONVENCIJA O ZABRANI KASETNE MUNICIJE -KASETNE MUNICIJE - MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA II Regionalni sastanak zaII Regionalni sastanak za zabranu kasetnih bombi,zabranu kasetnih bombi, 18-19 Maj, 2012 Nis18-19 Maj, 2012 Nis Natasha DokovskaNatasha Dokovska Novinari za ljudska pravaNovinari za ljudska prava
- 2. Cluster Munition Ban Policy • Macedonia signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 3 December 2008 and ratified on 8 October 2009. It was thus among the first 30 ratifications to trigger the convention’s entry into force on 1 August 2010. • In November 2010, Macedonia stated that according to its Constitution the convention “becomes an integral part of our domestic legislation” after its ratification. In March 2011, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said that the report was in its final stage of preparation and would be submitted shortly. NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 3. Production, transfer, stockpiling, and retention • Macedonia has stated that it never produced or exported antipersonnel mines. It completed destruction of its stockpile of 38,921 antipersonnel mines on 20 February 2003, just ahead of the treaty-mandated deadline. On 10 July 2006, Macedonia destroyed the 4,000 antipersonnel mines that it had been retaining for research and training • Macedonia is party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its Amended Protocol II on landmines and Protocol V on explosive remnants of war. Macedonia has never submitted its annual Amended Protocol II Article 13 report for Amended Protocol II. NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 4. Use, production, transfer, stockpiling, and destruction • Macedonia has stated it does not use, produce, or stockpile cluster munitions. In November 2010, FYR Macedonia stated that it was “making the final inspections on the national level and very soon we will be able to declare that Republic of Macedonia is a country free of cluster munitions.” NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 5. STOCKPILE AND DESTRUCTION OF CM NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 6. KONVENCIJA O KASETNIM BOMBAMA NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 7. CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 8. CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 9. VICTIM ASSISTENCE NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA
- 10. MACEDONIA FREE COUNTRY FROM ANTI PERSONNEL MINE • Od 10 maja ova godine, Makedonija je proglasena za free country od antipesadiskih mina. • Na vojnom poligonu Krivolak bila je unistena zadnja kolicina od PFM-1S, unisteni su 8 kontejnere sa ukupno 1248 mina NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA-NOVINARI ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA- MAKEDONIJAMAKEDONIJA