The Associated Press: IDF officials: Mines in Lebanon could have been laid by Syria, Hezbollah
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Title:UN Convention on CCW, Cluster Bomb article
Name:Seyss-Inquart
City: The HagueState:
Article 5

Restrictions on the use of remotely delivered mines

1. The use of remotely delivered mines is prohibited unless such mines are only used within an area which is itself a military objective or which contains military objectives, and unless:
(a) Their location can be accurately recorded in accordance with Article 7 (1) (a); or
(b) An effective neutralizing mechanism is used on each such mine, that is to say, a self-actuating mechanism which is designed to render a mine harmless or cause it to destroy itself when it is anticipated that the mine will no longer serve the military purpose for whîch it was placed in position, or a remotely controlled mechanism which is designed to render harmless or destroy a mine when the mine no longer serves the military purpose for which it was placed in position.
2. Effective advance warning shall be given of any delivery or dropping of remotely delivered mines which may affect the civilian population, unless circumstances do not permit.