Foreseen by Article 7 of the Convention, the report is conceived as a transparency measure. With regard to 2012, the report of Italy updates data on stockpile and destruction programmes and on technical characteristics of cluster munitions retained for the development of and training in cluster munition and explosive submunition detection, clearance or destruction techniques. The form on international assistance contains information on Italian financial support to programmes of survey and clearance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Libya and of victim assistance in Afghanistan.