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Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Implementation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

Ministry of Foregn Affairs of Japan

November 5, 2025

On November 5 (November 4 local time), the Draft Resolution "Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention)," submitted by Japan together with Cambodia and Zambia was adopted with the support of 154 countries in the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. The draft resolution will be considered for formal adoption at the plenary session of the General Assembly in December.

1. The draft resolution reaffirms its determination to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines in the world and commits to the implementation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Japan, as the Presidency of this year's 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, together with last year's Presidency, Cambodia, and next year's Presidency, Zambia, has submitted this draft resolution to the General Assembly.
2. This draft resolution invites all States that are not party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention to accede it without delay and emphasizes the importance of its full and effective implementation and compliance. In addition, this draft resolution calls on all States and other relevant parties to work together to promote, support and advance the care, rehabilitation and social and economic reintegration of mine victims, mine risk education and reduction programmes and the removal and destruction of anti-personnel mines placed or stockpiled throughout the world, and refers to the necessity of comprehensive measures against anti-personnel mines.