The September 2003 Fifth Meeting of the States Parties' President's Action Programme stated that: "In the pursuit of the implementation of the Convention, each region has unique challenges and capacities. States Parties should therefore take steps to ensure that regional initiatives and activities to raise awareness on the issue of anti-personnel mines be undertaken as a continuous process, leading towards the First Review Conference (….) It is through such regional initiatives and activities that the achievement of the Convention’s aims will be realized." |