Tag: Anti-personnel mines

Sri Lanka to be declared as a mine-free country by 2020

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Sri Lanka acceded to the Mine Ban Convention, very well known as the Ottawa Convention, in 2017 which came into force from 1 June. The objective of the Mine Ban Convention is to end the suffering and casualties caused by Read More …

Conference calls for increased condemnation of AP mines of an improvised nature and recognition of contamination by these weapons

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The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention’s Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties (17MSP) concluded in Geneva recording success in stockpile destruction and mine clearance in the Middle East and West Africa. While progress was welcome, the Conference agreed that new contamination Read More …