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Many States not party acknowledge and support, to various degrees, the humanitarian goals of the Convention. This page presents the latest information available or expressed by the State not party, vis-à-vis the Convention. The information is largely drawn from the Convention's formal and informal meetings, President's Observations, UN Office for Disarmament records, and/or Landmine Monitor if noted.

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  • The State not party has participated as Observer in the following meetings of the Convention
    • 1MSP, 2MSP, 4MSP, 5MSP,  First Review Conference, 6MSP, 7MSP, 8MSP, 9MSP, Second Review Conference, 10MSP, 11MSP, 12MSP, 13MSP, Third Review Conference,14MSP, 15MSP, 16MSP, 17MSP, Fourth Review Conference, 18MSP 
  • In the context of a project supported by an European Council Decision to support implementation of the Convention, the Convention’s Special Envoy, His Royal Highness Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan, travelled to China in 2013 to meet with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and representatives of the military to discuss barriers to accession.

Since 1997, the UN General Assembly has adopted a “Resolution on the Implementation of the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction”.

The State not party most recently has voted as follows,

  • In favour - Seventy-sixth session, First Committee, 1 November 2022
  • In favour - General Assembly Seventy-sixth session, First Committee, 2 November 2021

The State not party has indicated,

  • The Government of China accepts the principles of the Convention and abides by its humanitarian aspects. China is not a party to the Convention, but it has not ceased cooperating and ensuring exchanges with States Parties. (…) China supports the efforts of the international community to resolve the humanitarian problems caused by landmines. (…) In 1996, China established a moratorium on the import of landmines not conforming to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons1 (CCW) Amended Protocol II (AP II). (…) China also trains demining personnel. (17MSP, 2018)
  • At the 2013 universalization visit with the Special Envoy, China "expressed that it attaches great importance to the humanitarian concerns caused by anti-personnel mines and supports the international efforts to address these concerns”.

 Snapshots of China during Convention-related activities on Flickr.

In 2013, the Special Envoy on Universalization met with H.E. Li Baodong, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and the Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Defence of China, among other officials.