9 December: The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts by 142 votes Resolution 52/38 A "Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction", welcoming i. a. the conclusion of negotiations on 18 September of the Convention in Oslo, inviting "all States to sign the Convention…" (operative paragraph 1) and urging "all States to ratify the Convention without delay subsequent to their signatures" (operative paragraph 2)