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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9999

16 October 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/esdp
Situation still mixed on anti-personnel mines

Brussels, 15/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - As the second review conference on the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use, production, storage and transfer of anti-personnel mines, approaches (29 November-4 December), the situation remains mixed. Of the more than 50 signatory countries which have mined zones, more than 40 have not completed demining, three signatory states have not managed to destroy their stocks of anti-personnel mines in the timescale set, and assistance to victims has not...

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