Overview
The 27th Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) took place on 11 November 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. It was presided by H.E. Mr. Carlos Foradori, Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
Participants at the meeting are invited to read and familiarize themselves with the Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment, at UN system events.
Information for Participants
On 14 October 2025, the CCW Implementation Support Unit circulated an aide-mémoire providing information on attending the 27th Annual Conference of Amended Protocol II.
Documents
CCW/AP.II/CONF.15/7 - Rules of Procedure
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/1 - Provisional agenda
Informal Indicative Schedule of the 27th Annual Conference
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/2 - Report on improvised explosive devices (IED)
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/3 - Estimated Costs 2026 Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/4 - Estimated Costs 2026 Twenty-eighth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/INF.1 - List of participants
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/CRP.1 - Draft final document (circulated on 4 November 2025)
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/CRP.2 - Amended Protocol II National Annual Report Analysis
Working papers
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.1 - Submitted by Ireland
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.2 - Submitted by Ukraine
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.3 - Submitted by Germany
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.4 - Submitted by Cuba
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.5 - Submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.6 - Submitted by Canada
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.7 - Submitted by the European Union, Albania, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.8 - Submitted by the Russian Federation
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.9 - Submitted by the Russian Federation
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.10 - Submitted by the Russian Federation
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.11 - Submitted by the Russian Federation
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.12 - Submitted by France
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.13 - Submitted by Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.14 - Submitted by Azerbaijan
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.15 - Submitted by the Republic of Korea
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.16 - Submitted by Brazil
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.17 - Submitted by China
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.18 - Submitted by Italy
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.19 - Submitted by Australia
CCW/AP.II/CONF.27/WP.20 - Submitted by Cameroon
