Overview

The Twenty-Second Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention will take place from 1 to 5 December 2025 in Geneva at the Palais des Nations.

Pursuant to the decision of the Second Review Conference and to the provisions of General Assembly resolution 79/34, the United Nations convenes the meeting by Note Verbale (English, French, Spanish).

For information on the Convention, visit the website of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.

For information on the implementation of the Convention, visit the website of the APLC Implementation Support Unit. 

Participation in the Meeting of States Parties

Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedures prescribe the following:

  • States Parties present at the Meeting of the States Parties will be participants.  Other States may participate in the Meeting of the States Parties as observers.  
  • Relevant international organizations or institutions and regional organizations may attend the Meeting of the States Parties as observers.  
  • The United Nations Secretary-General, the UNHCR, UNDP, UNICEF, WHO, WFP, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining may attend the Meeting of the States Parties as observers.  
  • Others that have received an invitation from the Coordinating Committee may attend the Meeting of the States Parties as observers, subject to approval of the Meeting of the States Parties.  In issuing invitations to others to attend the Meeting of the States Parties as observers, the Coordinating Committee shall take into consideration criteria such as whether the proposed observer is a non-profit entity and whether its purpose and activities are consistent with the object and purpose of the Convention.
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