Section 4: Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 of this Protocol apply to explosive remnants of war
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4. Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 of this Protocol apply to explosive remnants of war
other than existing explosive remnants of war as defined in Article 2, paragraph
5 of this Protocol.
ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Protocol,
1. ”Explosive ordnance” means conventional munitions containing explosives,
with the exception of mines, booby traps and other devices as defined in
Protocol II of this Convention as amended on 3 May 1996.
2. ”Unexploded ordnance” means explosive ordnance that has been primed,
fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for use and used in an armed conflict. It
may have been fired, dropped, launched or projected and should have exploded
but failed to do so.
3. ”Abandoned explosive ordnance” means explosive ordnance that has not
been used during an armed conflict, that has been left behind or dumped by a
party to an armed conflict, and which is no longer under control of the party that
left it behind or dumped it. Abandoned explosive ordnance may or may not have
been primed, fused, armed or otherwise prepared for use.
4. ”Explosive remnants of war” means unexploded ordnance and abandoned
explosive ordnance.
5. ”Existing explosive remnants of war” means unexploded ordnance and
abandoned explosive ordnance that existed prior to the entry into force of this
Protocol for the High Contracting Party on whose territory it exists.
ARTICLE 3 – CLEARANCE, REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF EXPLOSIVE
REMNANTS OF WAR