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Strict technical rules on the detectability of plastic explosives through obligatory marking techniques
From the beginning, these conditions led to a twofold, almost completely separated approach. On the one hand the customary ICOA sequence of rapporteur, Subcommittee, Legal Committee prepared essentially the legal part of he desired international instrument, solving questions and .nding solutions on issues like transport and possession of legal and illegal unmarked explosives, depletion of existing military and civil stocks, States obligations, enforcement and international penal aspects, etc.
On the other hand, the Ad Hoc Group of Specialists already established by the Council on 30 January 1989, set out to .nd one or more acceptable methods of marking plastic explosives for the purpose of detection. This was not an easy task, as a acceptable has many connotations in the .eld of safe handling and production,
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effectiveness of the proper explosive an of course effective and reliable detection. As a result of its work, culminating in four meetings in Montrealthe Ad Hoc Group presented the Councilon3 December 1990 with its product,645 which containeda proposal for the Annex to the Conventions.
When the two products were joined together by the Conference, there were some anxious moments. Due to amendments proposed by a number of Delegations, the Annex appeared to be developing into a something with the appearance of a mini-convention, where, e.g., directives and obligations towards States Parties were for-mulated.Thisprocess was unacceptabletootherDelegations,whostressedthe need forstraightforwardtechnicalAnnex.After somefrantic redraftinga compromise was reached and parts of the proposed draft Annex were relocated in Article IV.
The Conference further decided to refer to the Annex as ‘Technical Annex’ so as to underline its essentially technical nature. A new Article X was added to the Convention, stipulatingthat the Annex shallform an integral part ofthe Convention. The legal status of the Annex to the Convention had already been the subject of lengthy discussions in the Legal Sub-committee, Legal Committee and Council. It had been conceived as anintegral part of the Convention.Because of its nature and purpose, the Convention would be meaningless and indeed could not exist without the Annex. Therefore it must be subject to the same consensus as the Convention itself at the time of its adoption. On the other hand, the Annex had been given a specialstatusinArticleVII with respecttoits amendment.TheLegalSub-committee and Legal Committee had realised, that the Annex would contain strictly technical provisions which were subject to evolution and which might require adjustments to be made promptly and with greater .exibility than would be possible under the traditional procedure of amending the Convention through a diplomatic conference.
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